RETRIEVE command
Retrieves data stored by expired START commands. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the RETRIEVE command are contained in two classes: CICSRetrieve and CICSRetrieveResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of its parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSRetrieve
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
QUEUE(data-area)
queue
I/O
Switch
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSRetrieveResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
LENGTH(data-area)
length
Output
Binary 16
 
QUEUE(data-area)
queue
I/O
Fixed(8)
 
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
SET(ptr-ref)
set
Output
Variable
 
Example
Retrieves the parameters of a START command.
| result setValue queueValue |
result := CICS retrieve
queue;
exec.
setValue := result set.
queueValue := result queue.
Last modified date: 07/09/2019