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DEBUG COBOL/400 PROGRAM

PLEASE GUIDE ME HOW CAN DEBUG A COBOL/400 PROGRAM?

View Answer   |  Jun 29 2009  12:00 AM GMT
COBOL DEBUG, COBOL debugging, COBOL
asked by HarshaCheedella

  5 pts.

Finding COBOL career opportunities in Canada

I've been working in Canada as a COBOL progrtammer analysr for the past 4 years and am looking at moving from the company I currently am with for better opportunites. I have a lot of the mainframe skills, JCL,COBOL, DB2 but cannot seem to find anything out there? Is it that hard to find comapnies...

Answer Question   |  May 26 2009  5:22 PM GMT
COBOL, Careers
asked by Rsfoo

  5 pts.

Locking in AS400

Good day, I hava a process in as400 system that locks if 2 users enter the application at the same time. I thought that once it is out of System-36 and becomes ILE Cobol, locking would be resolved. I was wrong. This is what it does: 1. File is read and data presented on screen (database file). 2....

View Answer   |  May 18 2009  2:23 PM GMT
AS/400 Troubleshooting, COBOL ILE, COBOL
asked by Lenny2113

  115 pts.

Level 77 in COBOL/400

what is the significance of level 77 in COBOL/400

View Answer   |  May 14 2009  9:58 AM GMT
COBOL/400, Level 77, COBOL
asked by Debrupa

  5 pts.

Creating multiple files from a single code base and FTP.

This is a two part question. 1. I'm looking to use a COBOL program to create multiple files in a standard library. Is there a way to programatically write multiple files from a single program. I had someone indicate that I could call to CL instream and actually create multiple files on the fly. ...

View Answer   |  May 5 2009  2:52 PM GMT
AS/400 FTP, COBOL, CL
asked by Bew

  30 pts.

COBOL/400

I want to replacing 1 character in a String with 1 or more Characters in COBOL/400. How can i perform this?? Example : 1) A with ABC 2)A with ABCDE 3)A with A Etc.

View Answer   |  Apr 14 2009  2:32 PM GMT
COBOL/400, COBOL
asked by C.naveen09

  50 pts.

COBOL: "service reload"

I have a really old cobol program generated under VS cobol. Under 3.2 VS cobol no longer works. I regenerated the program to view the problems and a line 'Service Reload' came up as invalid. What does Service Reload do? Is there an 'easy' replacement?

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2009  2:39 PM GMT
CICS 3.x, COBOL CICS, COBOL
asked by Malachi1949

  5 pts.

String manipulation in COBOL/400

I want to replacing 1 character in a String with 1 or more Characters in COBOL/400. How can i perform this??

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2009  10:23 AM GMT
COBOL/400, String manipulation, COBOL
asked by C.naveen09

  50 pts.

Rename Clause

Hi, Can any one please tell me what is Rename Clause and the use of Rename clause? I know only we are using 66 level for Rename clause in Cobol Program. Thanks In advance. Suchi..

View Answer   |  Mar 31 2009  11:51 AM GMT
RENAME statement, COBOL/400, Level-66
asked by Heramba

  5 pts.

XML parsing in COBOL on iseries

Can I get an example of how to parse XML document in ILE COBOL? I need both SAX and DOM parser examples.

Answer Question   |  Mar 4 2009  4:55 PM GMT
XML in ILE cobol, ILE COBOL, COBOL
asked by Sivan

  5 pts.

CPF0006 during SBMJOB (COOL 2E generated code)

I have used SBMJOB in the COOL 2E SYNON code (Generating COBOL source). During runtime, the fucntion crashes with CPF0006 message when trying to submit the program through Y2CMEXC. Is it the error caused by the Y2BLSJR command through which the parameters for the SBMJOB is set? Parameter 1 ...

View Answer   |  Feb 10 2009  5:11 AM GMT
Synon/Cool 2E, SBMJOB, COBOL/400
asked by Gokulvirtual

  15 pts.

AS400 Cobol screen write hanging up

I am an RPG programmer, but have a client with a cobol issue. When the program does a write to a screen it never returns to the read statement. No error is issued and we have to cancel the job. Any ideas or suggestions?

View Answer   |  Feb 9 2009  3:26 PM GMT
COBOL, COBOL/400, iSeries RPG programming
asked by 400Man

  5 pts.

SOC4 with reason code 11

how can identify which line in cobol cause the index error if the program has multiple array table.

Answer Question   |  Feb 7 2009  3:31 PM GMT
SOC4 error, COBOL, COBOL debugging
asked by A972000

  5 pts.

COBOL I-O-FEEDBACK Area

can any one give an exapmle program(code)how to use cobol i-o-feedback area Thansk & Regards

Answer Question   |  Jan 27 2009  9:15 AM GMT
COBOL I-O-FEEDBACK Area, I-O-FEEDBACK Area, COBOL
asked by Amar chandra

  20 pts.

COBOL/400 Program-ID query

Hello Friends, I have a question related to PROGRAM-ID. Scenario: Source name is “PGMA”.I specify program name as “PGMB” in PROGRAM-ID. While compilation it hasn’t thrown any compilation error. Since it’s not throwing any compilation error, then what is the significance of PROGRAM-ID...

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2009  7:20 AM GMT
COBOL/400, COBOL PROGRAM-ID, COBOL
asked by BibinGeorge

  110 pts.

Puzzle - Find the number?

This is not a question & I am not sure if this is a proper forum. So I will let the site moderator decide. I recently came across a nice quiz which, I think, supports/encourages developing programming skills. So ... here is the puzzle. Find the lowest number with the following...

View Answer   |  Jan 14 2009  6:05 PM GMT
VB, COBOL, Microsoft Excel
asked by SbElectric

  1575 pts.

COBOL Certification

I want to know is ther any COBOL Certification by IBM? as we have for DB2 certificate

Answer Question   |  Dec 31 2008  11:53 AM GMT
COBOL, COBOL certifications
asked by Mona99

  5 pts.

Code Complexity tool for AS400

Is there any open source tool avaiable to measure the code complexity for AS400 programming languages like RPG, COBOL?

View Answer   |  Dec 19 2008  4:39 PM GMT
COBOL, RPG, Open source software
asked by Frmdeva

  215 pts.

To convert date from one format to another in COBOL

I have date in form 01/01/09 (dd/mm/yy) and i want to convert it to 01-Jan-09 using array in cobol.Please Help me in this regard.

Answer Question   |  Dec 12 2008  6:34 AM GMT
COBOL, Cobol_Arrays, Date conversion
asked by Rupesh09

  10 pts.

cretae file through onlines

How to create a dataset using IMS online (Cobol)program.

Answer Question   |  Dec 4 2008  9:34 PM GMT
COBOL, IMS Online, IMS Online Dataset
asked by Pandavula

  5 pts.

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