One trick I use is to EDIT the COBOL program (or VIEW) in ISPF and the set the HILITE to COBOL.
It sometimes helps to point out areas to review. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic > > ----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7 > DISPLAY ' YOU HAVE ACTIVATED STATISTICS WITH EXPLAIN' > - ' BUT HAVE NOT CREATED THE PLAN_TABLE.' > DISPLAY ' EXPLAIN HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED TO ALLOW THE' > - ' PROGRAM TO RUN TO COMPLETION.' > DISPLAY ' PLEASE CREATE THE PLAN_TABLE AND RESUBMIT' > - ' THE PROGRAM FOR EXPLAIN INFORMATION.' > > Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 7:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic > > Due to text wrap, I cannot tell what the original line looked like. > > Could you post the original code above the compiler output? > > Do you have ending single quotes? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
