Pro Cobol PIC s(11)

I hope this is the correct forum..

We are porting from a 36 bit system to Oracle(32 bit) using Pro-Cobol. Since our dataword is bigger than the UNIX word, we want to use an integer PIC S(11).
This allows us to get data 8 bytes at a time. Per the preprocessor guide - chapter 6, this is a supported clause. It is also system dependent.
since it is offered, somebody must use it.

We get the error:Invalid Host Variable. If change from PIC S(11) to PIC S(9), we compile ok. Unfortunately, this is only 4 bytes and
does not allow one of our words to be read at the same time. I filed a TAR with Oracle by phone and was told the response would come in two weeks.

Another problem: How is a TAR filed via the web. There is tons of stuff on the Oracle web pages informing you about there neat products, but nothing on how to actually input a problem.

regards,
Bob Carwell
bob.carwell_at_bull.com
602-862-5033 Received on Wed Feb 03 1999 - 17:42:15 CST