Compilation and Binding of Cobol-DB2 program.

Bharath Nadipally · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Hyderabad

I am raising this question as I am on bench and dont have access to mainframes to test it.

I have a existing cobol-db2 program, modified the cobol code(not db2 queries), compiled it but dint bind it. If I try to run it, will it give SQLCODE -818 (Timestamp mismatch)? Or It depends on pre-compiler option?

ksk · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:29 pm

Gives TIme Stamp Mismatch error.

Bharath Nadipally · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Hyderabad

As I am not doing any DB2 query changes in program, I dont want to bind it again. Is it possible by using any of Pre-compiler options?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:36 pm

ramakrishnag · New User Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 6 Location: india

Hi,

Bind is not thing but the SQL code internally converting into Cobol code.

So, even you have not done any code changes at DB2 part, still you have to bind once again.

The code will be inserted in during the compilation.

Thanks,
Rama

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:12 pm

RAMA,

what you described is the precompiler step.

The bind does not even look at the source or load module. only deals with the dbrm.

it is Pre-compile (build DBRM, insert COBOL code)
compile convert source program to object module
BINDER (know as the linkage-editor) convert OBJECT into EXECUTABLE
DB2 BIND - proofs dbrm against db2 catelog.

pre-compile, compile, linkedit are done without db2 running.
you need db2 to perform a db2 bind.

and no, that is not a definitive list of everything that goes on. but was a little more expansive and correct than what you stated.