Re: stupid cobol question

Rick,

In a message dated 97-04-21 22:40:38 EDT, you write:

> 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.

Ohhhhh, I missed the "SQL pre-compiler" statement before!  I thought that
this was native COBOL.  SQL COBOL/400 WILL NOT stand for sub-defined fields
and it sounds like you have some.  In the following example:

01     ORDR-REC-A
         02 ORDR-NBR               PIC 9(9).
         02 ORDR-NO                 REDEFINES ORDR-NBR.
              03 ORDR-NBR6        PIC 9(6).
              03 ORDR-REC-SEQ  PIC 9(3).

The "03" level fields CANNOT be used in SQL.  This is an SQL/400 limitation,
and not a COBOL limitation.  We have the same limitation using data
structures in RPG.  Is this your problem?

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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