Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:06 pm**

Hi,

Can anyone of you please advise me on if I can use ODO under a redefined data item? I got the following error:

IGYDS1169-S "REDEFINES" subject "WS-USER-TABLE" contained an "OCCURS DEPENDING ON" clause or was variable-length. The "REDEFINES" clause was discarded.

Thanks!

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:41 pm**

As the message suggests, not directly. It was always an IBM Language Extension to COBOL that allowed this in the past, but, I think with the arrival of Enterprise COBOL, it was removed.

You need a code change (I guess this is your old programs).

If you paste and example of what is causing the problem, we can illustrate the fix.

Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Declare an "Occurs Depending On" (ODO) under redefines.

Declare an "Occurs Depending On" (ODO) under redefines.

Re: Declare an "Occurs Depending On" (ODO) under redefines.