Thanks for the replies. If I am reading the replies correctly, a move statement of:
01 FIELD-1 PIC 9(3). 01 FIELD-2 PIC 9(3) COMP-3. MOVE FIELD-1 TO FIELD-2. Will not abend regardless of the data in FIELD-1, unless the fields are signed. There is no way to control this trough a COBOL compiler option or LE runtime option? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

