Error: Illegal data in numeric field When passing data

Bindunat · New User Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

I've to pass a numeric data of size 3 to cobol program from jcl. In the jcl, the coding is
//step01 exec pgm=cblex,parm=100

In the cobol I declared the parm in linkage section as
pic 9(03) type.

But when the value is passed from jcl to cobol, the declared variable in linkage section shows an illegal data in numeric field.Can anyone help me with this.

superk · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: parm passing

I'm not a COBOL programmer, but the basic process worked OK for me:

MGIndaco · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject:

The declaration of the parm must be as follows:

Girishm · New User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Mysore

Hi bindu,

Definately U missed out the parm-length field in the linkage section.
declare your linkage section as shown by superk and see your output how it looks.

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Bindunat · New User Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

Thanks for the help guys