I think COBOL V5 required PDSE and the compiler required additional work files. It messed us up because implementation was via Endevor or SCLM and the documentation was scant to fix up SCLM builds for the new work files. We jumped from V4 to V6 and it took years of testing.
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 8:01 AM Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> wrote: > If I recall, I head some issues when folks started moving to COBOL V5? > or maybe it was V6, I'm not sure. most of what I read were these same > issues, something I need to pass on to my team before anyone decides > this is the way to go before application testing. > > thank you Tom > > > On 1/12/2022 2:51 PM, Tom Ross wrote: > >> Well I just inherited COBOL support and our programmers have been > trying to= > >> debug an issue with CICS COBOL, seems Ent COBOL V4 was still being used > in= > >> CICS TS 5.4. the tool used is Endeavor, long story short, V6 was being > tes= > >> ted in some processes but never updated in others.=20 > >> my question is mostly a sanity check, from what I've read the DB2 pre > compi= > >> ler and the CICS translators are no longer needed, COBOL parms and > options = > >> are now used if these are DB2 or CICS programs ? > >> this is valid ? > > You can still use the separate Db2 precompiler and CICS translator! > > In fact, migrating to the new integrated method is not always easy, so I > > would not recommend moving to a new compiler AND a new > precompile/translate > > process at the same time! We often see issues with the Db2 precompiler > > allowing things that should not have been allowed, like text after > END-EXEC > > or literals longer than 160 bytes, and these won't work with the > integrated > > SQL coprocessor (COBOL SQL compiler option). > > > > > > Cheers, > > TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to > succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand > with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, > and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
