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COBOL Programming :: RE: Compiler option for override the external data item in FD

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Author: Bill Woodger
Subject: Reply to: Compiler option for override the external data item in FD
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:43 pm (GMT 5.5)

And you can use VSAM for (considerably) longer than 32767. However, just because you can, does not mean it is a good idea in all cases.

Get the file redesigned. Preferably use records which do not exceed 27998 bytes in length. If you have more data, it is wildly simple to treat multiple actual records as a single amount of logical data.


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