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variable length input
I appreciate the detail. I've worked with COBOL before but not extensively. Will test and let you know (perhaps not until Monday though). thanks.- Pedrique
- Post #7
- Forum: COBOL General discussion
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variable length input
It's an Oracle database, and it's an alphanumeric field, not numeric, which is part of the problem. I'm simply trying to do a mod to an existing (albeit complex) Cobol program rather than try to reinvent the wheel with another procedural language. Any more help would be appreciated.- Pedrique
- Post #5
- Forum: COBOL General discussion
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variable length input
Currently, the unix script pads spaces to the user entry, so that user enters '987654', and '987654 ' is passed to the cobol pgrm - pic x(9). Check numbers can be a maximum of 9 digits. Within the sql cursor, I have where database check number BETWEEN :first input check number AND :last...- Pedrique
- Post #3
- Forum: COBOL General discussion
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variable length input
Have Unix script where user enters data (check number range), where the check numbers can be from 1 to 9 characters, validated within the script. However, in Cobol, this is passed to fixed length variables - pic x9 My cursor uses these check numbers for a reprint process, but the database does...- Pedrique
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- Forum: COBOL General discussion
