guraddiv

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• May 27th, 2008

Hi..   I think this is a VSAM question, file organisation clause is used to specify the file type i.e ESDS or KSDS or RRDS.    If the organisation clause is indexed then it is KSDS, if it is sequential then it is ESDS, if it is relative then it is RRDS.

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have idea about How the flow. But i wanted to know this code and explanation.

abhi_srk

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• Jul 21st, 2009

From Microfocus COBOL you cannot connect to database. You need to 'CALL' any Pro-Cobol program which is coded with EXEC-SQL, END-EXEC statement within it by giving the appropriate Call-Code's(read, write etc), Table name etc.

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Can you please explain how these differences?

subha2010

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• Aug 10th, 2010

We have ND-COBOL ACU-COBOL...all these depends on the machine in which we work

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Give correct code examples

balakrishnaraothota

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• Aug 1st, 2008

There is only one thing we can use Java or C++ in Mainframe instead of CICS

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rramaiah1

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• Feb 9th, 2009

Well if you are using flat file you have advantage as well as disadvantages.Advantage -It is Secure, Physically edited.Disadvantage - Logically speaking performance is slow, difficult to find the particular record.

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Do we need to give level number in sequence order? Why?

toton_tcs

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• Mar 9th, 2010

More higher number of level having less position in the level hierarchy.That's why It should be in the increasing manner. 01 date 03 day pic 9(2). 03 month pic 9(2). 03 year pic 9(4...

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VIVEKANANDA

• Aug 26th, 2011

Yes, we can declare in the Working-storage section. Because Elementary items are 01 to 49 and 77.

01 WS-NAME PIC X(20).
77 CUR-YEAR PIC 9(4) VALUE 2006.
01 WS-DATE.
05 WS-MONTH PIC 9(2).
05 FILLER PIC X VALUE '-'.
05 WS-DATE PIC 9(2).
05 FILLER PIC X VALUE '-'.
05 WS-YEAR PIC 9(4).

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can a third level redefining possible in COBOL?

01 B REDEFINES A
05 A PIC X(2)
01 C REDEFINES B
01 D REDEFINES C

ramesh

• Jul 3rd, 2012

Yes....it is possible...multiple redefines possible......

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Lrecl and block size mismatch .can anyone explain in detail...

R.Rajeshwari

• Jan 14th, 2012

Mismatch in LRECL or BLOCKSIZE or RECFM between your COBOL pgm & the JCL (or the dataset label). You will get file status 39 on an OPEN.

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Lokesh M

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• Feb 10th, 2012

XRef data is written for Assembler, COBOL, or PL/I programs. XREF makes the Compiler produce a cross-reference listing. XRef data is written for the file and each field in the file that are accessed in the program using an
EXEC ADABAS GENERATE or a COPY statement.

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madhavi_csit

• Jan 27th, 2012

Data Division

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How to create chkpnt and commit in IMSDB-ocobol PGM.?

jithinraghav

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• May 3rd, 2012

This Checkpoint/Restart logic is for the commit for the 100 ISRT/DLET IMS calls. In Data Division first we need to give both restart length and checkpoint length as below. 01 RESTART-SEGMENT-LENGTH ...

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Is there any use of using COMP fields other than betwee SPACE utilization?

Rohit Dwivedi

• Jun 3rd, 2014

For getting precision in the mathematical calculation the Comp variables provide more precisions as well rather than simple Numeric and Decimal values

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Explain it with an example?

Abhusha

• Nov 20th, 2014

INSPECT allows to count or replace a character or a group of characters . Inspect has options of tallying/ replacing and converting

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Difference between Divisions and paragraphs in COBOL explain in details ?

hemanth

• Feb 17th, 2015

In the cobol has mainly four divisions so inside the divisions sections are there inside the sections has paragraphs ...

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What is the use and when do we are use comp variables (comp, comp1, comp2 and comp3)?

swapanali

• Aug 18th, 2015

Only numeric data items can be specified as USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL. COMP-1:In this case the data item will be represented in one word in the floating point form the number is actually represented in ...

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Given a string for eg: MICROSOFT, How can you arrange each letter in this string in an ascending order?

Kalyan

• Mar 20th, 2018

In EBCDIC A- C1 , B - C2....Z- E9. Perform varying inx from 1 by 1 until ws-data >= 9 If not-first-time If ws-h < ws-data(inx:1) Move ws-h to ws-o(inx-1:1) ...

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JJ

• Feb 7th, 2007

BOTH WILL WORK

Mayuresh

• Aug 22nd, 2006

Both are same here.Since the computation takes place based on precedence,here ' * ' has higher precedence over ' - 'therefore first A * B will be calculated and then C * D and finally second quan...

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EVALUATE can be used in place of the nested IF THEN ELSE statements.

Sathish kumar D

• Jul 27th, 2007

EVALUATE statement contrusts a case structure. The explicit scope terminator for EVALUATE is END-EVALUATE. The various cases can be places between the EVALUATE and END-EVALUATE statements. Example:Her...

Previndra Sharma

• Sep 2nd, 2006

Hi,In fact, Evaluate constructs case structure. we can also replace it by using nested if. It is simple in use with less complexity

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LENGTH acts like a special register to tell the length of a group or elementary item.

madhurap

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• Jul 9th, 2008

Length is an Intrinsic function in Cobol which returns number of characters in any variable.

jitendra

• Jun 18th, 2006

Length(ws-length) : ws-length we have to declare in working storage section

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