Blank line in report by COBOL
Is it true that a cobol program while writitng a report always writes the first line as blank.
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| June 11, 2009 11:10 AM
AS/400 reporting, COBOL/400
Is it true that a cobol program while writitng a report always writes the first line as blank.
Level 77 in COBOL/400
what is the significance of level 77 in COBOL/400
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| July 1, 2009 9:58 AM
COBOL, COBOL/400, Level 77
what is the significance of level 77 in COBOL/400
COBOL/400 Debugging
Hello Everyone, Can anyone explain me the exact difference between *SRCDBG and *LSTDBG? Thanks & Regards Bibin
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| May 13, 2009 9:00 AM
*LSTDBG, *SRCDBG, COBOL/400, COBOL/400 Debugging
Hello Everyone, Can anyone explain me the exact difference between *SRCDBG and *LSTDBG? Thanks & Regards Bibin
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.
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| July 6, 2009 2:32 PM
COBOL, 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.
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??
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| April 9, 2009 10:23 AM
COBOL, COBOL/400, String manipulation
I want to replacing 1 character in a String with 1 or more Characters in COBOL/400. How can i perform this??
AS/400 Debugging
Hi I am using STRISDB to debug my COBOL/400 progra. My object and source are in same libary. But, the debuggin is not working well. It’s not executing all the lines and it’s executing both the IF statement and else statements. It’s behaving mysterically. Could some one explain why this type of behaviour can happen [...]
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| April 8, 2009 6:11 AM
AS/400 debugging, AS/400 development, COBOL debugging, COBOL/400, ISDB debugger, Source Interactive DeBug utility, STRISDB
Hi I am using STRISDB to debug my COBOL/400 progra. My object and source are in same libary. But, the debuggin is not working well. It’s not executing all the lines and it’s executing both the IF statement and else statements. It’s behaving mysterically. Could some one explain why this type of behaviour can happen [...]
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..
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| September 11, 2010 11:51 AM
COBOL, COBOL/400, Level-66, RENAME statement
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..
Record format in Display file in COBOL/400
What is the maximum number of Record format that can be used in Display file in COBOL/400?
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| May 5, 2010 7:32 AM
AS/400 development, COBOL/400, Display File
What is the maximum number of Record format that can be used in Display file in COBOL/400?
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 MOVE P1XYZ TO WSSTR MOVE ‘A’ [...]
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| February 10, 2009 5:11 AM
COBOL, COBOL/400, CPF0006, SBMJOB, Synon, Synon/Cool 2E
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 MOVE P1XYZ TO WSSTR MOVE ‘A’ [...]
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?
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| February 9, 2009 3:26 PM
COBOL, COBOL/400, iSeries RPG programming
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?
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 and why we are using? Thanks & Regards Bibin George
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| February 12, 2009 7:20 AM
COBOL, COBOL PROGRAM-ID, COBOL/400
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 and why we are using? Thanks & Regards Bibin George
decimal data error
i mean how to trap decimal data error in cobol400.as we do monmsg command in cl ,is there any same way in cobol400
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| September 9, 2009 1:38 PM
CL, COBOL/400, Decimal Data Error
i mean how to trap decimal data error in cobol400.as we do monmsg command in cl ,is there any same way in cobol400
Trap error in COBOL/400
I want to know how to trap error in cobol400
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| December 10, 2008 10:10 PM
AS/400, COBOL/400, COBOL/400 Errors, Error handling
I want to know how to trap error in cobol400
sorting an array
Can you sort an array in cobol AS400?
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| November 21, 2008 8:35 PM
Arrays, COBOL/400
Can you sort an array in cobol AS400?
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 [...]
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| November 3, 2008 6:37 AM
AS/400 import/export, COBOL, COBOL/400, Flat files, PF, Physical File, RPG
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 [...]
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
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| November 3, 2008 2:02 PM
AS/400 database, AS/400 import/export, AS/400 migration, COBOL/400, DB2/400, RPG/400, Unisys DMSII
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
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
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| September 26, 2008 7:55 PM
API, CLI, COBOL/400, SQL, SQL stored procedures
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
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 [...]
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| October 6, 2011 10:06 AM
CL, COBOL/400
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 [...]
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?
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| September 22, 2008 7:56 AM
COBOL, 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?
Dynamic and Random Access In COBOL/400
Hello Guys, Can any one tell the exact difference between Random and Dynamic access in COBOL/400?
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| September 18, 2008 12:57 PM
COBOL/400, Dynamic Access, Random Access
Hello Guys, Can any one tell the exact difference between Random and Dynamic access in COBOL/400?





