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  • Subject: Strange problem with linkage variables!
  • From: "Weatherly, Howard" <hweatherly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:20:53 -0400

Title: Strange problem with linkage variables!

I am working on a program that receives data through the linkage section, only problem is that the first field can not be referenced!

Doing a prompted call and entering: '2001-05-05-06.45.20.402800A15992CD' in the parm field results in the field WS-TMSTMP1-4564 producing the message "POINTER NOT SET FOR REFERENCED LOCATION".

This is strange because I changed the code (see below) to move the linkage variable (LS-NEW-RECORD) to working storage (WS-NEW-RECORD). If I prompt (Interactive debugger) on LS-NEW-RECORD, the data appears as you would expect it. If however you look at WS-NEW-RECORD after the move, all fields except WS-TMSTMP1-4564 are available.

Is there something about the format of timestamp data that is causing me grief here??

                                                      
   1 WS-NEW-RECORD.                                   
     2 WS-TMSTMP1-4564        Pic  X(26).             
     2 WS-TYP-LST-ACT-0044    Pic  X(01).             
       88 INSERT-PROCESS                    VALUE "A".
       88 DELETE-PROCESS                    VALUE "D".
     2 WS-CAGE-CD-9250        Pic  X(05).             
     2 WS-APP-TYP-9262        Pic  X(02).             

  Linkage Section.                        
   1 LS-NEW-RECORD            Pic  X(34). 
                                          
 Procedure Division                       
     Using LS-NEW-RECORD                  
     .                                    
  0000-MAIN SECTION.                      
   0000-Begin.                            
                                          
     Move LS-NEW-RECORD to WS-NEW-RECORD  
                     

Howard Weatherly

(616)961-4324

hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil        
howard.weatherly@ctg.com

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