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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 5, 2015

PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequences

SUBMITTER SECTION
Submitted by: xgadwei
Submitters Company: GAD eG

PUBLIC
Requirement Number and Title: PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequences
Homework Assigned: No
Requirement Category: Core Technology
Current Status: Investigate
Closed Status:
Session:
Requirement Value Category: System Management - Business Management
Product Affected: z/OS Other components
Problem Description: COBOL doesnM-^Rt support country-specific collation sequence functions which is more important in Unicode applications.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Apr 24, 2020

    Since we have not received a reply since 2015, canceling this RFE.

    Feel free to open a new one if this is still required.

    Thanks.

  • Guest
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    Sep 25, 2015

    Can you please provide a sample code of how the intrinsic function would be used (assuming we have this intrinsic function). What are the COBOL statements you would like it to work with?

  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - COBOL Compilers

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers

  • Guest
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    Aug 7, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers
    Component - Miscellaneous
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - zBLC family
    Product - zBLC
    Component - zBLC Requirements
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - zBLC