IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 12/17/2008
05:16:27 PM:
Subject: Re: COBOL question: Why can't we use RECORD CONTAINS 0
CHARACTERS for RECFM=V files?
Overriding LRECL for varying-length files simply works.
Specify LRECL=32756 (32752?) and be done
I was asked this question from an internal source and I don't know the
answer myself, so I am hoping someone here does.
The business task is to be able to handle multiple varying-length
sequentially-accessed input files, each with different LRECL values,
from a single COBOL file definition, as
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:55:55 -0500, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
I was asked this question from an internal source and I don't know the
answer myself, so I am hoping someone here does.
The business task is to be able to handle multiple varying-length
sequentially-accessed input files, each with
I've always used:
RECORD CONTAINS 0 TO 32767 CHARACTERS DEPENDING ON var-name
and then define var-name in WORKING-STORAGE to be a 77 level with the
PICTURE of S9(9) BINARY.
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Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:08 PM
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Subject: Re: COBOL question: Why can't we use RECORD CONTAINS 0
CHARACTERS for RECFM=V files
Do you mean just define the COBOL FD as RECORD CONTAINS 0 TO 32756 CHARACTERS
and then use LRECL=32760 as a JCL override for a file no matter what it's
variable max length is?
I don't believe you need the JCL override.
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
Hopefully, you mean
RECORD VARYING IN SIZE from 0 to 32767 depending on var-name
I do NOT think you can use RECORD CONTAINS with the DEPENDING onphrase.
John McKown joa...@swbell.net wrote in message
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I've always used:
RECORD CONTAINS 0
I am not positive of this, but I think you DO need the JCL override. If the
hard coded maximum LRECL in the FD does NOT match the maximum for the
physical file and you don't have the JCL override, I believe you will get a
file status of 39 when you OPEN the file indicating a physical file
I am not positive of this, but I think you DO need the JCL override.
There is a better way than discussing it.
Test it.
Unfortunately, I can't at the moment.
(Can you say 'downsizing' boys girls?)
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
On 17 Dec 2008 14:37:47 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
Do you mean just define the COBOL FD as RECORD CONTAINS 0 TO 32756 CHARACTERS
and then use LRECL=32760 as a JCL override for a file no matter what it's
variable max length is?
I don't believe you need the JCL override.
You DO
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:26:01 -0400, Clark Morris wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008 14:37:47 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
Do you mean just define the COBOL FD as RECORD CONTAINS 0 TO 32756
CHARACTERS and then use LRECL=32760 as a JCL override for a file no matter
what it's variable max length
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