Re: stupid cobol question

[rbbaird@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rick Baird)]

Hey eva'body,

Thanks again for the help, but I need more....

Scott Monnig wrote:

> Yes there is a *LIKE like working storage definition, it is LIKE.  When
> defining working storage variables instead of a normal PIC X(2) or
> whatever, substitute LIKE FIELD or LIKE FIELD OF QUALIFIER:
> 
>         01  ws-variable1      LIKE FIELD1.
>         01  ws-variable2      LIKE FIELD2 OF MASTERREC.

and I said, among other things....

> my problem was that, out of necessity, I had two
> references (dds copys) to the same fields (file) in working storage, but
> I needed unique field names to perform sql selects etc.  

Ok..   I tried the "LIKE" instead of PIC, but the SQL precompiler didn't
"like" it. 

I get the message "host variable is unusable or undefined".

I commented out all the SQL stuff, and compiled it as a regular cobol
pgm, and it compiled just fine.   

Am I missing something?  Is there any way to get the precompiler to
translate the like statements?  or, as I suspect, I'm SOL.

Thanks again, in advance.

rick
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