Cobol copybook capacity or limitation

zacharti · New User Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13

Hi,

I have a question related to defining a cobol copybook. I have one MQ message of 2 MB data, can I define a copybook for this message. The 01 level has some limitations right?.

Enterprise bus is ready to convert the incoming message of 2 MB data to a cobol format, but is there any way I can define a copybook?

Thanks,

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:03 am

here are the limitations for enterprise cobol
These are the VS COBOL II Compiler Limits

zacharti · New User Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13

so does that mean we can't have a copybook for the 2 MB data?

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:30 am

zacharti, either you cannot read plain English or you belong on Beginners and Students Forum since the links Dick provided clearly state what the limit for an 01 or 77 level in WORKING-STORAGE and LINKAGE SECTION is, as well as the limits on use of COPY statements.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:07 am

Hello,

Have you now clicked on the links DBZ provided?

If not, why not. . .

zacharti · New User Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13

Hi,

I have read thorugh the limitation. But need to understand whether there is any solution from cobol programming side to convert a mq message whihc is more that 32KB. Can any one explan me if I need to accept a message which is more than 32KB via batch Cobol program.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:26 pm

Hello,

It appears we have a bit of a communication challange here. . .

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:35 pm

You are asking MQ questions on the COBOL forum. There is definitely a communications gap since your question that you have asked multiple times has been answered multiple times, yet you keep asking.

Enterprise COBOL supports data variables up to 128 MB in size (minus a byte) so a 2 MB variable is well within the limits. I, personally, have done XML parsing on a single variable that is 10 million bytes (PIC X(10000000) in COBOL terms) so I know there's no problems with using that. And since code in a copybook becomes part of the program when compiled, there is no issue with putting a PIC X(10000000) variable in a copy book and compiling it. So what issues are you having? Post code with error messages or more detail, or I'll lock this topic.

zacharti · New User Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13

Sorry,, for asking MQ questions in Cobol forum,

We don't have enterprise cobol, we use VSCOBOL . Isn't there a 32kb limitation in cobybbok. with my understanding i hope we can't define a 01 variable with more than 32KB. so if I havea message of 2MB, can I convert to a copybook?

Sorry I am new to MQ ,

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:16 am

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:20 am

Hello,

At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals". The first of these are the COBOL manuals for VS COBOL. Look in the compiler limits for maximum field size. . .

I'm not sure why you are hung up on "copybook". If a variable is valid in the code, it should be exactly the same in a copybook.

Robert Sample · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:26 am

The ONLY place there is a 32KB limitation is within CICS -- and since you are doing batch programming, not CICS, that limit does not apply to you. Even VS COBOL II supports a single variable limit well beyond what you need to access.

I am locking this topic since you're not listening to anything you are being told. You need to go to your site and actually code up and test things rather than just repeatedly ask the same questions over and over and over and over and over and ....

Bill Woodger · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:26 am