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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 26, 2019

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Enterprise Cobol V5+ - Clarification of the VLR compilation option

The behavior of the VLR compilation option that appeared with Enterprise Cobol V5 could be clarified by indicating that:
- VLR(COMPAT) checks the size of the read record against the "VARYING IN SIZE FROM min TO max" declaration of the FD clause,
- VLR(STANDARD) checks the size of the read record against the declarations of FD level 01 records.

VLR (COMPAT) maintains the existing behavior before Cobol V5.

A table of the status file values according to the VLR compilation option could be added to the documentation as proposed as an attachment to this RFE.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 9, 2020

    This RFE was delivered in the May 2020 doc refresh for Enterprise COBOL 6.3 and the June 2020 doc refresh for Enterprise COBOL 6.1 and 6.2.

    V6.3: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/ui/up2081.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/custom/igycch272.html

    V6.2: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.2.0/pg/ui/up2081.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.2.0/custom/igycch272.html

    V6.1: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.1.0/pg/ui/up2081.html
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.1.0/custom/igycch272.html

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 27, 2020

    This RFE has been put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 28, 2019

    This RFE is being accepted as a doc change.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 2, 2019

    This RFE is being investigated further

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 26, 2019

    Attachment (Description): Sample program TESTVLR

    TESTVLR.cbl
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  • Guest
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    |     Aug 26, 2019

    Attachment (Description): Results of TESTVLR.cbl for Cobol V6R2 VLR STANDARD / COMPAT and Cobol V4R2

    TestVLR results...
    TestVLR results.pdf
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