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    Cobol V5 sequence detection

    Detect the following sequence at compilation with a warning : 'move num-4b (binary format) to num-4p (packed format)' that can give truncation at execution
    over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Only for testing purposes - do _not_reply! Thanks.

    This RFE is only for testing purposes (notification doesn't work correctly). Do not replay on this RFE. Thanks.
    almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    Seamless 64-bit Linux support for COBOL Importer

    On Red Hat Linux 6.0 64-bit or newer, the COBOL importer code in IBM Integration Bus Toolkit does not work. Additional configuration is required to install RedHat libraries. Discussion with the Enterprise COBOL team reveals that this is a limitati...
    about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    CLP(Command Line Processing) on IMS

    CLP is written in below IMS V13 information center.http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSEPH2_13.1.0/com.ibm.ims13.doc.apg/ims_dynamicsqlapp.htm But, it's not really supported. We need CLP on USS like DB2 CLP.
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    The GUR call should support the L command code

    The Get Unique Record (GUR) call should support the L command code to retrieve the latest occurrence.
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    PERFORM with WHILE phrase

    A Perform While should be exactly as Perform Until except "the procedures referred to are performed while thecondition specified by the WHILE phrase is true"
    over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Command and WTO to get the Catalog state

    We would like to have an IMS command to get the Catalog state (active or not). And, it would be nice to have this Catalog stage at the start of IMS (with a WTO).
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    DFSPREC0 does not support VSAM REUSE for the ILDS

    The main reason that DFSPREC0 does not support VSAM REUSE for the ILDS is that when HALDB was being developed, REUSE was not supported for IMS full function databases. The team implemented it the minimum support necessary: the database/partition i...
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

    Ask for OPEN I-O statement set the open input flag in SMF 62

    We need to make statistics on how files are used on our system. For that we use SMF record 62. But when the file is open in I-O in a Cobol Program, COBOL open the File In OUTPUT only, so the flag Input Processing in field SMF62MC1 remains to NO.We...
    over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

    Backout with GSAM file

    To avoid the abend of a bmp, a program can do a rollback to cancel the unit of work that caused the problem. But today, it's not possible with gsam file.
    over 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 2 Not under consideration

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