static and dynamic call distintion

bcmohanty · New User Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 17

how to differenciate between a static call program and a dynamic call program by looking at the program.
we can check through load module...but i want to know by looking at the program.

muthuvel · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 10:41 am

Mohanty,
If the program name is directly given in the call statement ,then it is a static call else if the program name is given through some variable in the call statement then it is dynamic call.

Correct me if i am wrong,

Regards,
Muthuvel.

ursprasanna · New User Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 20 Location: chennai

Mohanthy,

the statis call and dynamic call can be differentiated from the progarm like this...

Static call : Here the subprogram will be called directly ..

example ( for static ) : call 'XYZ' using ( some arguments or parameters)

Dynamic call : here the program name is stored in a variable and after that the variable is called in the program.

example ( for dynamic ) :

01 dynamic-call pix X(??) value 'XYZ'.

call dynamic-call using ( some arguments or parameters).

die7nadal · Active User Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 156

You need to look at the Program code and Compile Options.

If compiled as NODYNAM:
CALL 'literal' is a static call
CALL WS-label is a dynamic call

If compiled as DYNAM:
CALL 'literal' is a dynamic call
CALL WS-label is a dynamic call

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sada_polaris · New User Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 13

Let me explain.
Static call means the cobol load module will have the called module linkedited into the same load.
But where as in the case of dynamic call the calling program and the called program load will not depend on one another. Both will be seperately located in the library.
If we define the program name in the working storage and if we call it in the program then that is called IMPLICITE call.

hikaps14 · Active User Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Noida

Hi ,

i just wana know whether this IMPLICIT call is a type of dynamic call
in which the program name is stored in working storage

or IMPLICIT call is completely diferent

Thanks ,
-Kapil.

gskulkarni · New User Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 70

It is a dynamic call.

hikaps14 · Active User Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Noida

Thanks for Clarificartion ..

-Kapil .

humpty · New User Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 23

i think this will explain the dynamic and ctatic call.

Examples: static and dynamic CALL statements
This example shows how you can code static and dynamic calls.

The example has three parts:

Code that uses a static call to call a subprogram
Code that uses a dynamic call to call the same subprogram
The subprogram that is called by the two types of calls
The following example shows how you would code static calls:

PROCESS NODYNAM NODLL
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 RECORD-2 PIC X. (6)
01 RECORD-1. (2)
05 PAY PICTURE S9(5)V99.
05 HOURLY-RATE PICTURE S9V99.
05 HOURS PICTURE S99V9.
. . .
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
CALL "SUBPROG" USING RECORD-1. (1)
CALL "PAYMASTR" USING RECORD-1 RECORD-2. (5)
STOP RUN.
The following example shows how you would code dynamic calls:

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
77 PGM-NAME PICTURE X(8).
01 RECORD-2 PIC x. (6)
01 RECORD-1. (2)
05 PAY PICTURE S9(5)V99.
05 HOURLY-RATE PICTURE S9V99.
05 HOURS PICTURE S99V9.
. . .
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
. . .
MOVE "SUBPROG" TO PGM-NAME.
CALL PGM-NAME USING RECORD-1. (1)
CANCEL PGM-NAME.
MOVE "PAYMASTR" TO PGM-NAME. (4)
CALL PGM-NAME USING RECORD-1 RECORD-2. (5)
STOP RUN.
The following example shows a called subprogram that is called by each of the two preceding calling programs:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. SUBPROG.
DATA DIVISION.
LINKAGE SECTION.
01 PAYREC. (2)
10 PAY PICTURE S9(5)V99.
10 HOURLY-RATE PICTURE S9V99.
10 HOURS PICTURE S99V9.
77 PAY-CODE PICTURE 9. (6)
PROCEDURE DIVISION USING PAYREC. (1)
. . .
EXIT PROGRAM. (3)
ENTRY "PAYMASTR" USING PAYREC PAY-CODE. (5)
. . .
GOBACK. (7)
(1)
Processing begins in the calling program. When the first CALL statement is executed, control is transferred to the first statement of the PROCEDURE DIVISION in SUBPROG, which is the called program.
In each of the CALL statements, the operand of the first USING option is identified as RECORD-1.

(2)
When SUBPROG receives control, the values within RECORD-1 are made available to SUBPROG; however, in SUBPROG they are referred to as PAYREC.
The PICTURE character-strings within PAYREC and PAY-CODE contain the same number of characters as RECORD-1 and RECORD-2, although the descriptions are not identical.

(3)
When processing within SUBPROG reaches the EXIT PROGRAM statement, control is returned to the calling program. Processing continues in that program until the second CALL statement is issued.
(4)
In the example of a dynamically called program, because the second CALL statement refers to another entry point within SUBPROG, a CANCEL statement is issued before the second CALL statement.
(5)
With the second CALL statement in the calling program, control is again transferred to SUBPROG, but this time processing begins at the statement following the ENTRY statement in SUBPROG.
(6)
The values within RECORD-1 are again made available to PAYREC. In addition, the value in RECORD-2 is now made available to SUBPROG through the corresponding USING operand, PAY-CODE.
When control is transferred the second time from the statically linked program, SUBPROG is made available in its last-used state (that is, if any values in SUBPROG storage were changed during the first execution, those changed values are still in effect). When control is transferred from the dynamically linked program, however, SUBPROG is made available in its initial state, because of the CANCEL statement that has been executed.

(7)
When processing reaches the GOBACK statement, control is returned to the calling program at the statement immediately after the second CALL statement.
In any given execution of the called program and either of the two calling programs, if the values within RECORD-1 are changed between the time of the first CALL and the second, the values passed at the time of the second CALL statement will be the changed, not the original, values. If you want to use the original values, you must save them.