Tag: mainframe

Just go with normal delete process it will go fine.

Can delete only if the record is obtained by a random read.

Are you nuts? How can you delete a record from a ESDS file?

Using SORT utility

Occurs clause in 01 cant be done because 01 is the top most level.

Who said so, you can use it, I bet!

Occurs clause is there to repeat fields with same format, not the records.

Stack will over flow.

Does Nothing!

Terminates the program.

Terminates the paragraph.

Terminates the loop.

Unlimited

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Limited to business requirement

What's the problem in it? Will go fine!

Program goes in infinite loop.

Program will not execute.

Compiler throws error.

DEFINE WS-VAR PIC(9) COMP-1

01 WS-VAR PIC(9) COMP-1

01 WS-VAR USAGE COMP-1

Author should learn COBOL

ALPHABETIC, ALPHANUMERIC

ALPHABETIC, ALPHANUMERIC, NUMERIC

ALPHABETIC, NUMERIC

ALPHANUMERIC, NUMERIC

Yes

No

X(245) can be refined to X(250)

Author should learn COBOL

INPUT

I-O, OUTPUT

I-O, OUTPUT, EXTEND

OUTPUT, EXTEND

As usual, Unlimited.

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