Re: The ILE Question I Forgot to Ask

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*PSSR and DUMP(A) will work -- but I personally avoid that scenario.

My problem with *PSSR is that it handles it's own errors.  i.e. if an 
error occurs while *PSSR is running, the same *PSSR gets called again... 
it results in a mess.

I prefer to use MONITOR for that reason.  Use MONITOR across your whole 
subprocedure, and put the DUMP(A) in the ON-ERROR section.  I also find 
it helpful to have a QCMDEXC('DSPJOBLOG OUTPUT(*PRINT)': xx) in my 
ON-ERROR as well... (actually.. I usually find DSPJOBLOG more useful 
than DUMP -- I never really liked dumps...)

If you really want to be fancy, write a CL program that takes the dump & 
job log, creates an e-mail, and sends them to whomever is responsible 
for the program.

This works well because users are rarely able to give you useful 
information when a program crashes. (In fact, they often avoid calling 
you altogether, in my experience.)  This way, you always get good error 
information.


Arthur Marino wrote:
> I'm reading up on *pssr and dump(a) as we speak. Thanks, all.