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status code 99 on cobol?

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:45 pm
by Sankar Sabari
Hi All,

What is the status code 99 on cobol?

Re: status code 99 on cobol?

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:06 pm
by Robert Sample
This is one of the questions very easily answered by looking in the Language Reference manual for your version of COBOL. And the answer is -- 99 is NOT a defined file status code for Enterprise COBOL. Some COBOL implementations like MicroFocus use 99 but not the mainframe.

Re: status code 99 on cobol?

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:38 pm
by Sankar Sabari
hmmm.. Thank you. I was looking in QW and it was not there.