RE: Cipher MI instruction (MD5 function)

>Hi there,
>
>I am trying to to use the MD5 function to store/check passwords, but
things
>aren't working as expected. Or, to put it better, they work as expected
but
>only once.
>
>The second time the cipher function is invoked in the same program
>execution, it will generate a MCH5601 exception, and be done with it.
First
>time works perfectly, but the second will always fail.
>
snip
>
>I tried to find clues at
>http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/tstudio/tech_ref/mi/C
IPHE>R.htm
>but
>it didn't help.
>
>Anyone has a deeper insight on this?
>
>Regards,

I have checked your code against one I have used in the past 
& the one difference I note is that I do a Reset of controls
Data-structure before the call.

Mike
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