All major relational databases support variable length data load (incl. DB2) . This is not a problem at all.
ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 11:41 PM Tom Ross <tmr...@stlvm20.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > >On Tue, 21 May 2024 15:01:12 +0000 "Schmitt, Michael" > ><michael.schm...@dxc.com> wrote: > > > >:>3. Depends on the language. IMS can have variable length segments but > not= > > variable length fields, so any variable length fields are defined by the > a= > >pplication. If the application is in COBOL, there's no native variable > leng= > >th field format. Applications can simulate variable length fields but how > t= > >hey do it is in application logic. > > > >Well, I don't know about that. > > > > > >01 var-field-length pic s9(4) comp. > > > >01 var-field. > > 05 var-field-character pic x occurs 1 to 1000 times depending on > >var-field-length. > > > >When a MOVE is performed to or from VAR-FIELD the length from > VAR-FIELD-LEN > >GTH is used. > > > And now COBOL on z/OS has dynamic-length data items! > > 1 DL-A PIC X DYNAMIC VALUE 'abcd '. > > > > Cheers, > Tom Ross >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
