DELETE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)

Delete a named channel container.


DELETE CONTAINER (CHANNEL)

>>-DELETE--CONTAINER(data-value)--+---------------------+------><
                                  '-CHANNEL(data-value)-'

Conditions: CHANNELERR, CONTAINERERR, INVREQ

This command is threadsafe.

Description

DELETE CONTAINER (CHANNEL) deletes a container from a channel and discards any data that it contains.

The container is identified by name and by the channel for which it is a container - the channel that “owns” it. The channel that owns the container can be identified:

Explicitly, by specifying the CHANNEL option.
Implicitly, by omitting the CHANNEL option. If this is omitted, the current channel is implied.

Options

CHANNEL(data-value): specifies the name (1–16 characters) of the channel that owns the container.
CONTAINER(data-value): specifies the name (1–16 characters) of the container to be deleted.

Conditions

122 CHANNELERR

RESP2 values:

2: The channel specified on the CHANNEL option could not be found.
3: Either the current channel or the channel specified on the CHANNEL option is read-only.

110 CONTAINERERR

RESP2 values:

10: The container named on the CONTAINER option could not be found.

16 INVREQ

RESP2 values:

4: The command was issued outside the scope of a currently-active channel.
30: You cannot delete a CICS-defined read-only container.

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Last updated: Thursday, 27 June 2019