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| What does D in Column 7 mean? It is a valid character. It does not give Compilation error. |
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Sridevi_C
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Hi,
"D" in column 7 represents that it's a debugging line.If WITH DEBUGGING MODE clause is specified in SOURCE_COMPUTER paragraph then "D" can be used anywhere after OBJECT_COMPUTER paragraph. Each time the program is compiled,the value of identifiers in the debugging lines are printed.
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Sridevi. |
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km_abdullah
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Hi Sridevi,
In SOURCE-COMPUTER of Configuration-Section, what is the computer name should we use? How can one identify the name of computer being used to access mainframe system? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello and welcome to the forum,
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Try this: IBM-zSeries
You might also ask your system support people if there is some standard in place that you should follow.
At the top of the page is an "IBM Manual" link. Suggest you become both familiar and comfortable with the manuals. Here's the link to the table of contents for the Enterpriser Cobol Language Reference:
publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/handheld/Connected/BOOKS/igy3lr10/CONTENTS?
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km_abdullah
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Thank you for welcoming.
I tried the same and it worked. Thanks again..
Overwhelmed by the response.. Hope to benefit more from this wonderful forum. |
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dick scherrer
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You're welcome
When you have questions, someone will be here.
Good luck and we hope you find the forum useful.
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Anuj Dhawan
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Hi,
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| what is the computer name should we use |
If 'am not sure, I usually look at other Source Programs available at my shop for this purpose.
By the way, this question is quite different then the thread topic & is been replied to 3 years old post. |
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Terry Heinze
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| I like to use the actual name provided by TSO ISPVCALL STATUS but I've found that any name will suffice as long as it's not a COBOL resevered word or doesn't have embedded blanks in it. My current CPU is a "2096" so I've been using IBM-2096. DOUBTS-ASK would probably be an allowable name. |
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Marso
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| Sridevi_C wrote: |
| Each time the program is compiled,the value of identifiers in the debugging lines are printed. |
That's not correct...
When you have WITH DEBUGGING MODE then the "D" is considered as a space and the lines are part of the compile.
When you don't have WITH DEBUGGING MODE, the "D" is considered as a "*" and the lines are ignored as if they were comments.
This allows you to have a lot of displays (for example) when you test your program,
and to easily remove them all (just remove the WITH DEBUGGING MODE) before moving to prod. |
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Robert Sample
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| Good catch, Marso. One point that needs to be very clear -- the program must be a valid program with or without the debug lines. If the program has conflicts (for example, a variable is defined on a line with a D in column 7 but that variable is displayed on a line without a D in column 7) the compiler doesn't like it. |
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