Cobol

Cobol work?
Just discovered this group. I was not aware anyone used Cobol anymore. Is there a (telecommuting) market for a 'retired' Cobol programmer? ... 27 Nov 2005 19:22

Cobol Compiler
Hi Pls. someone point me to the address where I can pick up a COBOL compiler for windows for a small school project. Thanks, Amber ... 16 Oct 2005 07:59

Initialize
Can someone settle an argument for me. Does a initialize on an 01 level move spaces to pic x fields and zeroes to pic 9 fields or does it move spaces to the whole 01 level? ... 3 Oct 2005 09:28

fonction current-date
Je d?bute en COBOL et je dois mettre la date dans mon programme au format jjmmaaaa en utilisant la fonction current-date. Dois je mettre cette fonction dans lexique dans screen section ou proc?dure division. Merci d'avance Alex ... 22 Sep 2005 14:53

Dynamic Allocation of files in an IBM Environment
Does anyone know how to allocate DD statements or DSN=? within a COBOL program without using JCL. Thanks... ... 23 Sep 2005 05:13

Lemo COBOL IDE
Hello all, Last 2 years we develop IDE for COBOL developers. Now I would like to present it for you. You can download it from our website (http://www.lemosoft.com) and install it on your PC to evaluate. It is written in Java and works under Eclipse so you can use it on different platforms. Here some feature... 21 Sep 2005 02:43

COPY statement
Hello, I need some help understanding the possible uses of the COPY statement. I do "know" COBOL, although I've never programmed for real. Now I'm playing with COBOL using Mainframe Express from Micro Focus. I think what I want can't be done, but perhaps it is just because I don't properly understand COPY ... 2 Oct 2005 02:40

SPFPC -3.J SPFCMDS Set up
Not sure if this place is the right place but it's all I've got :-( I'm trying to set up a command in SPFPC so that when I type SQL, it will invoke SQL-server 2000's isqlw.exe Not I have it working OK. However, it's in foreground and I'd like it in background so I can run other apps. My command line is SELECT P... 14 Sep 2005 16:46

[OT] IDCAMS Error Counts?
All righty... there's a flat file that's used to load a VSAM KSDS. Originally the file was de-duped with a SORT on the key field and the SUM FIELDS=NONE control statement, eg: SORT FIELDS=(5,9,CH,A) SUM FIELDS=NONE Now an additional field has been added to the sort which extends it to something like: ... 13 Sep 2005 10:13

Management wars
I read the thread on command line arguments and was quite surprised to see the hostility manifested towards 'managers'. Richard gave some very sound and clear advice that was within the framework of what was requested. Michael was attacked for having been a manager, which seems to me, no basis for attack. S... 20 Sep 2005 21:37