The most current COBOL documentation on this is actually in the LE manual. See:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ceea2150/2.1.4 which has (in the sample COBOL code): 03 PARM-BYTE PIC X OCCURS 0 TO 100 DEPENDING ON STRINGLEN. STRINGLEN is defined as: STRINGLEN PIC 9(4) USAGE IS BINARY. but I *believe* that older manuals had this as a SIGNED field. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > In a recent note, Patrick O'Keefe said: > > > Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:17:11 -0500 > > > > >... > > > Title: z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Assembler Services Guide > > > Document Number: SA22-7605-04 > > >..., > > And why would you expect an application programmer writing in COBOL to even > > know that manual exists? Why should he/she even know it's possible for > > the programs to be invoked by anything other than EXEC PGM=... )where a > > 100-byte parm limit has existed forever)? > > > So, a fair question is, what does the corresponding publication > for COBOL say? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
