Error in file handling

vicharapusrinu · New User Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 63 Location: Hyderabad

can some one help me please on below points?
1. My i/p file is ISAM file and out file is VB file, I have declared like below in my cobol program but, system is treating I/P,O/P file is FB, can you please help me on this

my declaration:-

Pandora-Box · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:33 pm Post subject:

Is that an error or an information?

You would have got the indication

Bill Woodger · DFSORT Moderator Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 7312

If you show code which won't compile and error messages which are incomplete, you make it difficult to offer assistance.

In your ISAM documentation, it should tell you how to define a file to a COBOL program.

For your output VB, I'd guess you have a single fixed-length 01 underneath. Look at the Language Reference and Programming Guide, come back, with full details and information about what you have tried and what problem remains, if you still need to.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 3:24 pm Post subject:

A (pre)caution when working with ISAM: Enterprise COBOL does not support the processing of ISAM files, nor does z/OS V1.7 and later releases. You must convert ISAM files to VSAM/KSDS files before you move to z/OS V1.7 or later.

So what release of COBOL and zOS are you at?

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:42 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Check on your definition of the output file.

In order to get a variable file, you must program for this. Your RECORD CONTAINS is not enough.

The 2 most common ways (that i know of) is to have multiple Level 01 statements withing the FD of different lengths and/or an 01 that contains one or more OCCURS DEPENDING ON statements.