Re: COPY REPLACING Issue

On May 19, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jon,

I saw it but couldn't respond until this morning. Didn't mean to diss you.

Rich

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On 5/19/2023 9:42 AM, Jon Paris wrote:

Interesting - from the fact that you responded to Michael it looks like my post for rthe same answer didn't even get through...


Jon P.



On May 19, 2023, at 8:35 AM, Michael Quigley <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx><mailto:MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Instead of using COPY DDS-...... use COPY DDR. The compiler will replace the # with an 'N' (and $ with D, etc.)

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way international
www.TheWay.org<http://www.TheWay.org>


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date: Thu, 18 May 2023 15:20:51 +0000
from: Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx><mailto:rich@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: [COBOL400-L] COPY REPLACING Issue

I am trying to work with an older DDS database and a field in the file has a #
character in the field name. The COBOL compiler doesn't like that much. I've
been trying to use the COPY REPLACING option, but every time I set up the
"from" field name, it chokes because of the # character. Anyone have an
example of how to get this to work?

Rich Loeber
Kisco Systems LLC


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