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Copy and Include copybook

Postby sinmani » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:20 pm

Hi Friends,

I have a Copybook.

Now I have to write a several files with the same layout as that of the copybook. So I Copy it in my FD section.

For this I define Copybook with field names prefixed by say suppose :AC: and use
Copy <Copybook Name >
Replacing ==:AC:== by ==AC-== for each file.

Now I also want to use this copybook in my embedded SQL statements so for that I must Include this copybook in my Working storage section.

but the variables in Working storage section would be like :AC: Field name

is there anyway we can use replace while Incuding???
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Re: Copy and Include copybook

Postby Akatsukami » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:33 pm

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Re: Copy and Include copybook

Postby Ed Goodman » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:59 pm

You lost me.

You have an FD style copybook, and you want to include it inside the procedure division EXEC SQL statements?
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Re: Copy and Include copybook

Postby Robert Sample » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:14 pm

My understanding is that INCLUDE cannot use REPLACING. Your options are to place the code in the program, or create a different copy book with the :AC: replaced with valid COBOL syntax, then INCLUDE that copy book instead of the one with :AC:.

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Re: Copy and Include copybook

Postby sinmani » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:25 pm

Ed Goodman wrote:You lost me.

You have an FD style copybook, and you want to include it inside the procedure division EXEC SQL statements?


Yes, you got it right Ed.
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Re: Copy and Include copybook

Postby Anuj Dhawan » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:01 pm

I agree with Robert. REPLACING phrase can be used with COPY statement. All this is "under COBOL". INCLUDE is a DB2 dialect.

Here are 8.1.4.3 Replacement and comparison rules for COPY statement with REPLACING and they don't talk about INCLUDE at all.
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