CICS - Nohandle
Nohandle can be specified for any CICS command. It will cause no action to be taken for any exceptional conditions that may occur during the execution of the CICS command. This command temporarily deactivates all the other handle conditions. If an exception arises during the execution of the command, the control will be transferred to the next statement after the Command. It can be used with Read, Write, Delete, etc. The syntax of Nohandle is as follows −
Syntax
EXEC CICS program statements NOHANDLE END-EXEC.
Example
Following is the example of Nohandle command. We are using it with a Read statement. If Read statement fails, it will not abend the program.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. HELLO. PROCEDURE DIVISION. EXEC CICS READ FILE('FILE1') INTO(WS-FILE-REC) RIDFLD(WS-STDID) NOHANDLE END-EXEC.