Re: sequential file formats


theador wrote:
> Thank you all for the feed back. Yes, my program has problems as I am
> not a COBOL expert and I was compiling on a substandard compiler
> (open-cobol). I am financially constrained, so I can not afford to buy
> a commercial COBOL compiler. My goal in this exercise is to get sample
> data to test routines that convert sequential files between the various
> formats. I am writing the conversion routines in C (a language in
> which I am proficient).
>
> At this time I am not concerned about C-ISAM, VSAM, or LINE SEQUENTIAL
> FILES.
>
> Theador.

Then dealing with the differences in record structure will be the
*least* of your problems. Coping with the myriad ways of encoding the
actual data is much more difficult.

The easiest and most reliable way of moving data from COBOL X to COBOL
Y is via text files in which all of the digits in a number and its sign
(if present) are explicitly represented.

.

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