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Re: Compiling Errors - Record Contains

From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org>

> From: Eric Tubbs <eatubbs@email.com>
> 0012.00      A            TRANSAMNT      7S 2
>
> but here you think it is packed decimal. Make that DISPLAY (or simply
> omit the type. Also the picture is not consistent with the DDS where
> you say 7S 0.
>

darn !
should teach me not to sit at the computer on a Sunday. You did say
7S 2. But to make it compatible with your COBOL picture
PIC 9(07)V99, you need to say 9 (= 7 + 2). Or to change the
picture. Just make up your mind.

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