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    COBOL Z/OS support LRECL greater than 32767

    Hi, Like for ZFS files i want that COBOL can support records greater than 32767. In USS environment i can create, read a record greater than 32767, in Z/OS VBS record format i can't.The LRECL=X is supported on JCL.
    almost 13 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

    Create STATIC STORAGE section for Cobol

    Fixed, static, final, constant... data are embeded in the load module and move to WORKING at program initialization. For large tables in an transactional application server like CICS, it is done millions of time eating a lot of CPU. a NEW storage ...
    over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

    SSRANGE option to omit Reference Modification from range checking

    Add an SSRANGE sub-option that omits COBOL Reference Modification from range checking.
    over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

    XML PARSE BUG XML-TEXT parsing in chunks rather than a single string

    XML PARSE BUG XML-TEXT parsing in chunks rather than a single stringXML-TEXT content is 104069, but its separating the text like 64909 and 39160 chars chunks rather than a single string text. we tried Enterprise COBOL 4.2 & 6.2 no difference s...
    over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    COBOL should be able to generate multiple namespaces in XML

    System: IBM z/OS 2.3Product: COBOL / XML COBOL 6.2 provides the option to generate simple XML structures with namespaces and attributes. However, the complexity of XML and its ability to transfer data across platforms requires the use of complex X...
    over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Drop warning message for EXCI programs

    We have programmers who feel compelled to have their compiles complete with a zero return code. This became an issue when we upgraded from COBOL 4.2 to 6.2; the warning message was not issued with the old version. With the integrated translator, t...
    over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Issue WTO message for impending certificate expiration

    Our CTG customer has requested that CTG for z/OS be enhanced to issue a WTO command every x minutes prior to the CTG SSL server certificate expiring. The customer wants to define a JVM property such as com.ibm.ctg.ssl.certificate.expiration.warnin...
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

    Enterprise Cobol - Document the different stages of compilation

    In addition to our request 150104, we suggest that the different processing stages of the COBOL compiler be documented, and that the different actions performed in these stages be described:- processing of REPLACE directives- processing of COPY di...
    over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

    Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Literal Enhancements

    Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSLANG13001; Voting Priority=2.8 +5=2 +4=5 +3=4 +2=11 +1=2 abstain=3 Priority=2.8 NOTE 1: This is a follow-up (possible replacement for): SSLNGC08006 2002 ISO COBOL - Enhanced literal continuation support ...
    over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    idletimout statistics

    Please provide the ability to display the idletimeout value and the number of idletimeout counter for the display; also in explorer. The ability to view this information not available in the product. The idletimeout value can be viewed in the .ini...
    over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

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