COBOL/400 Questions and Answers

Recent IT Questions

21 - 37 of 37
<<PREVIOUS 1|2 NEXT>>

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.

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.

decimal data error

i mean how to trap decimal data error in cobol\400.as we do monmsg command in cl ,is there any same way in cobol\400

View Answer   |  Dec 22 2008  1:38 PM GMT
CL, COBOL/400, Decimal Data Error
asked by Kapiltiwari

  175 pts.

Trap error in COBOL/400

I want to know how to trap error in cobol400

View Answer   |  Dec 9 2008  10:10 PM GMT
AS/400, Error handling, COBOL/400
asked by AS400 - Ask the Expert

  395 pts.

sorting an array

Can you sort an array in cobol AS400?

View Answer   |  Nov 17 2008  8:35 PM GMT
Arrays, COBOL/400
asked by Jk9427

  5 pts.

Copy data from flat file to a flat file

My requirement is : I need to copy data from 1 big flat file to a flat file,but size of this flat file must not > 3MB, if size increases then new members will be created and remaining data will be copied there ….so on..hence this small files will only contain records with size upto 3mb. Can...

View Answer   |  Nov 3 2008  6:37 AM GMT
COBOL, RPG, COBOL/400
asked by Supriyob2

  65 pts.

RPG/400

Hello ,how can we Migrate fromcurrently running on UNISYS platform to AS/400 platform. Major portion of the source application is in COBOL and uses the DMS-II database. This has been migrated to COBOL and RPG on AS/400 using the DB2/400 database

View Answer   |  Nov 1 2008  2:02 PM GMT
DB2/400, COBOL/400, RPG/400
asked by 126

  170 pts.

Using SQL CLI APIs to call an sql stored procedure on an AS400

I would like to know if there any examples of using the SQL CLI APIs in a COBOL/400 program that may help me in using the APIs to call a stored procedure and process the result set(s) . Thanks Mike

Answer Question   |  Sep 26 2008  7:55 PM GMT
SQL, API, CLI
asked by I5DB2DBA

  5 pts.

Record lock

I have ecounter a situation where my program is updating a record which is locked by another user. Can anybody suggest on developing a process using CL program which can handle such kind of situation where my CL program will send a message to the user who has put a lock and after waiting for some...

View Answer   |  Sep 26 2008  10:06 AM GMT
CL, COBOL/400
asked by Vids

  285 pts.

Table handling in COBOL/400

Helo Guys, For table handling we have “ 05 A PIC 9(05) OCCURS N TIMES”, My question is what is the maximun value of N that we can give in cobol/400?

View Answer   |  Sep 22 2008  7:56 AM GMT
COBOL, COBOL/400
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

Dynamic and Random Access In COBOL/400

Hello Guys, Can any one tell the exact difference between Random and Dynamic access in COBOL/400?

View Answer   |  Sep 17 2008  12:57 AM GMT
COBOL/400, Random Access, Dynamic Access
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

Usage Types

Hello Guys, Hope all are doing well! I need one help. I likes to now the significance of different USAGE types in cobol/400, especially the storage space occupies for each USAGE type. Can any one explain with some example? 1. BINARY 2. DISPLAY 3. COMP0 4. COMP1 5. COMP2 6. COMP3 7. COMP4...

View Answer   |  Sep 17 2008  9:40 AM GMT
COBOL/400, COBOL USAGE clause
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

EXTEND MODE

Hello, Can anyone explain the significance of using EXTEND mode in COBOL/400?

View Answer   |  Sep 9 2008  9:06 AM GMT
COBOL/400, EXTEND mode
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

SORT/MERGE

Hello, Can anyone, provide sample programs for SORT/MERGE statements in COBOL/400?

View Answer   |  Sep 9 2008  7:06 AM GMT
COBOL/400, SORT statement, MERGE statement
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

Collating Sequence

Hello, Can anyone explain about the significance of 1. Collating sequence in OBJECT-COMPUTER para 2. PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE 3. EBCDIC COLLATING SEQUENCE

View Answer   |  Sep 9 2008  5:33 AM GMT
COBOL/400, EBCDIC, Collating Sequence
asked by BIBINAS400

  95 pts.

Consuming Web Services from Cobol as400 application

I need consuming a Web Services from an application in Cobol As400, How can i do it? Thanks for your help.

View Answer   |  Aug 25 2008  2:41 PM GMT
COBOL, COBOL/400
asked by Xuesoft

  5 pts.

Convert a Cobol/400 File Spec to a RPG/400 DDS

How can easily convert a Cobol/400 File Spec to a RPG/400 DDS Spec?

View Answer   |  Aug 12 2008  2:32 PM GMT
RPGILE, DDS, COBOL/400
asked by Magazinb

  5 pts.

21 - 37 of 37
<<PREVIOUS 1|2 NEXT>>