Return-path: Envelope-to: oracle-l@orafaq.net Delivery-date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:39:41 +0800 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com ([209.68.248.164]) by jean.onefuse.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17rgvV-00033i-00 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:39:41 +0800 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id IAA19449; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:39:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 004D24A4; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:13:24 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:13:24 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Ramon E. Estevez" Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Ramon E. Estevez" Subject: Re: cobol-oracle Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you just want a numeric field of 10 positions field pic 9(10). --> 10 numeric positions 0123456789 field pic 9(10)V99 --> 10 numeric positions plus 2 decimals 0123456789.12 in your definition s means sign field comp-5 means a compressed field. luck Ramon ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:23 AM > hi all > > how to define a number(10) oracle datatype in microfocus cobol. > when we code it as pic s9(10) comp-5 we get an error message > PCC-0026 Undeclared host variable "name" at line num in file "name" > > with a number(5) datatype and a cobol definition pic s9(5) comp-5 we don't > get the error message. > i read in the oracle manuals that there is no representation for the NUMBER > datatype in COBOL. > Anyone with an explanation ? > > > with regards > g.g. kor > rdw ict groningen > holland > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: > INET: GKor@rdw.nl > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ramon E. Estevez INET: com.banilejas@codetel.net.do Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).