What is the maximum limit of data passed as linkage data

itssreehere · New User Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 65 Location: chennai

Hi,

What is the maximum limit of data that we can pass through linkage in a COBOL batch program while calling a sub routine with out using pointers?

Thanks,
Sreejith

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:25 am

From the manual:-

prabe · New User Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 17 Location: kerala

Like that is there any limit in record length in the declaration in FD Section

William Thompson · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:24 pm

RECORD CONTAINS integer - 1,048,575[see note 5]
Note 5. Compiler limit shown, but QSAM limits it to 32,767 bytes.