Mr. Borck, "Just as you were lucky to find an Editor to publish your obvious and alarming ignorance about COBOL, we certainly hope that the same Editor will...
COBOL Gold Mine
cgm@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:21 pm
328
This article just makes me laugh. Anyone who can use the phrase "...to achieve a cleaner, object-oriented structure suitable for high-availability, n-tier...
wiesendi@...
Feb 2, 2001 11:13 pm
329
HURRAY! I AM A THIRTEEN YEAR COBOL PROGRAMMER and have been putting time at learning JAVA and VB concerned about my future. Your points taught me about...
Victor Valderrama
viscova@...
Feb 2, 2001 11:39 pm
330
Hello All, Once again I have a question on COBOL. I am trying to take a stirng of 80 characters, move the first letter to the last position, print this line,...
John Conklin
johnconklin@...
Feb 3, 2001 11:45 pm
331
How about trying something like this: display ws-string repeat 199 times ws-hold = ws-string (1:1) ws-string (1:1) = ws-string (26:1) ws-string (26:1) =...
dnikelshpu@...
Feb 4, 2001 2:08 am
332
... From: "John Conklin" <johnconklin@...> To: "'cobolgoldmine@egroups.com'" <cobolgoldmine@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 2:53 PM ...
Ted Byers
tedbyers@...
Feb 4, 2001 12:41 pm
333
Dear John, The program below is a way to solve your problem. identification division. program-id. conklin. data division. working-storage section. 01...
Hubert Dewitte
hubert.dewitte@...
Feb 4, 2001 12:41 pm
334
Hi Hubert, Your solution to John's problem was pretty slick. I didn't realize you could use that sort of data reference in Cobol. I had used it in another ...
Ted Byers
tedbyers@...
Feb 4, 2001 10:26 pm
335
Hi John, I have been a member of this group for a while now and this is my first response. I hope I am doing this right!! First of all I assume your...
Mick Ellis
mickellis@...
Feb 5, 2001 1:04 pm
336
Lovely responses. The only thing I would add is, I have mixed emotions about Mr. Borck's statement "Making even minor changes to 30-year-old, 80-column source...
Karalee_Krueger@...
Feb 6, 2001 3:29 pm
337
have been watching this and simply can not believe some of the explanations... was taught the language by the inventors of it.... and i have seen some...
John Leskanic
j_leskanic@...
Feb 6, 2001 3:29 pm
338
... [snip excess text] Karalee: I'm sure that there are more than just a few 30 year old programs running. Most of them undergo routine maintainence from time...
Bob Wolfe
rtwolfe@...
Feb 6, 2001 4:25 pm
339
John, Lighten up. These people are doing their best. I have 30 years with the language. We would all like to see your solution to the problem(s). Mike ... www....
Mike
mbingle@...
Feb 6, 2001 4:26 pm
340
Karalee, I'm on old timer. I've seen PL1 come and go. I was amazed to see RPG take off and find its niche in the mid-range world. Now there C, C++, JAVA, XML,...
Mike
mbingle@...
Feb 6, 2001 4:27 pm
341
I am a 10 year COBOL programmer currently straddling the cobol/mainframe and c/unix worlds. I happen to work with alot of at least 20 year old Cobol programs,...
Yossi Rosenbaum
yrosenbaum@...
Feb 6, 2001 5:30 pm
342
COBOL tool GJDATE (Gregorian to Julian date) should work...
Passaros5@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:17 pm
343
It doesn't. That is a direct move statement...
Passaros5@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:17 pm
344
From personal experience I have to add that I work in a group presently committed to converting from COBOL to SQL+ and Form Builder. As a dutiful employee I...
Passaros5@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:18 pm
345
Create a two dimensional table with two indexes in your working storage, one for the number of times you want to perform (trans-dx) and another to keep track...
Passaros5@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:20 pm
346
On a daily basis I do modifications to major programs that are at least 30 years old. The Y2K changes kept us busy for years. I work for an insurance company...
Katie
spoonzoo@...
Feb 7, 2001 3:20 pm
347
Let me clarify. I'm quite sure there are 30 year old COBOL programs still plugging along. I've been fortunate in working for companies that have seen the...
Karalee_Krueger@...
Feb 8, 2001 5:33 pm
348
Hello all. I have been reading, if not necessarily understanding this list for a while. This is my first post so I will do a brief introduction before getting...
markrw@...
Feb 9, 2001 12:23 pm
349
... From: <markrw@...> To: <cobolgoldmine@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:26 PM Subject: [COBOLGoldMine] placing commas ? and...
Ted Byers
tedbyers@...
Feb 9, 2001 2:36 pm
350
... From: <markrw@...> To: <cobolgoldmine@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:26 PM Subject: [COBOLGoldMine] placing commas ? and...
Ted Byers
tedbyers@...
Feb 9, 2001 2:36 pm
351
... From: <markrw@...> To: <cobolgoldmine@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:26 PM Subject: [COBOLGoldMine] placing commas ? and...
Ted Byers
tedbyers@...
Feb 9, 2001 2:37 pm
352
Ted, Your solution will probably work in this instance but I'm not sure that it will if the city is "Los Angeles". Another solution would be to put the city...
bigcrash@...
Feb 16, 2001 7:14 pm
353
Or put two spaces in the delimited by phrase. ... From: bigcrash@... [mailto:bigcrash@...] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:32 AM To:...
Jude Robert
jrobert@...
Feb 16, 2001 8:05 pm
354
As long as you can be sure that the original field is long enough to ensure that there will always be two spaces at the end of it. ... be ... and ... of ... ...
bigcrash@...
Feb 17, 2001 9:35 pm
355
It would still work because there is an implied 'OR SIZE' on the 'DELIMITED BY' phrase. By this I mean that if the delimiter is not found then it functions as...
Jude Robert
jrobert@...
Feb 19, 2001 4:33 pm
356
I have different posible solutions for this problem. I send you 2 of them. identification division. program-id. city. working-storage section. 01...
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