AW: sending an error message back to a user

Perhaps Mr. Prowak wants the message back to the Terminal of the Jobs
originater?!
How about a parameter supplied in the submitting program that tells the
Batch-Job, to which terminal the message should be sent back?
But there is an other hint, you should keep in mind: I hope you do all
the possible plausibility checking in the calling program, and Mr.
Prowak's example is just a example and not the real program!

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> Von:  Howard Weatherly [SMTP:hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil]
> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 10. Februar 1999 16:15
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> Betreff:      Re: sending an error message back to a user
> 
> You could use QCMDEXC from your batch job, CL? HLL?
> e.g.
> 
> >From COBOL
>  1 WS-MSG1                     Pic X(57) Value
>    "SNDMSG MSG('CICS Test is Available     ') TOMSGQ(*SYSOPR)".
> 
>  Call "QCMDEXC" Using WS-MSG1 WS-CMD-LEN
> 
> David Prowak wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I need to send an error message back to a user from a batch job.
> > The error would be the result of an invalid date being entered and
> > sent to the batch job.
> >
> > (I know, I  know.... The way to handle this is by checking the data
> >  as it is entered, not after!!  I am creating a program that will
> create a
> > coupon
> >  book for payments with the due dates coming from a system that has
> >  been in production for years.)
> >
> > So, what are my options towards sending back a message saying:
> >   "Coupon book not created - invalid due date entered"
> >
> > Thanks for your advice.
> > Dave
> >
> >
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