Using CICS EDF to debug application programs in DBCTL

You can use the CICS® execution (command-level) diagnostic facility (EDF), with local and remote application programs that access databases controlled by DBCTL. EDF supports the additional EXEC DLI commands and keywords that you can use with DBCTL, and the additions to the DL/I interface block (DIB) mentioned in QUERY and REFRESH DBQUERY commands.

However, a number of storage areas that resided in the CICS address space with local DL/I are outside the CICS address space with DBCTL. These areas include the PDIR, DDIR, the PSB pool, and the DMB pool. You cannot access these areas using the WORKING STORAGE option of the CEDF transaction that invokes EDF. Instead, you use the DBCTL operator command /DISPLAY (with the keywords PSB, DBD, or POOL) to display the corresponding DBCTL information.

For information on using EDF, see the CICS Application Programming Guide.

Related concepts
Problem determination for DBCTL
Interactions between CICS and DBCTL
DBCTL error scenarios
Trace for CICS DBCTL
Dumps for CICS DBCTL
Messages for CICS DBCTL
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