Recent content by claudeb

Sorry to ask the question here, but i just don't know where to ask it. I can't go on the A drive. I am pretty sure that a line is missing in my autoexec.bat file. I can browse my A drive but can't go on it with the commande : cd A:Could do tell me what to add ? Thanks a lot

Thank you. How come I don't have the option to vote for you ? "Click here to mark this post as a helpful or expert post!"

Since you are a hungry one, let me tell you my story: we were poor!. This is meant to be heard more than read. (I am just teasing) enjoy http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~j-hamer/we-were-poor.html

It didn't make sense to me neither ! Thanks Stephen and K5tm.

Hello Crox, So what do you think of this explanation given in http://mvshelp.com/qacobol.htm Dear friend the difference between the next and continue verb is that in the continue verb it is used for a situation where there in no eof condition that is the records are to be accessed again and...

Hello, Could you please explain the differences between "Continue" and "Next Sentence" ?. Thanks.

Thanks k5tm. Would you mind to give an example ? In your PERFORM statement THE-POINTER's value does not change.

What's the POINTER option for ? Thanks

Thanks Slade. Once again you were there to help. This site is helpful too. http://programmingstuff.tripod.com/blksize.htm

Not at all Slade. I was looking forward to reading your answer. It is the opposite. I like your posts and find them very helpful. I admire the fact that you take time to read and answer the questions. In french , you would say "chapeau". That could be translated as "Hat Off&quot...

Hello I may be wrong, but I think that you have to store a space for the sting that should be the size of the largest item of your table. Then you can use " function lenght(your table item) " if you need to play with that lenght. slade will certainly correct me.

I don't understand the mechanics behind "half track blocking" strategy. I know that the goal is to efficiently use the space on disk. on a 3390 disk, there are 15 tracks per cylinder. Each track holds 56664 bytes. 1- what is this magical number 27,920 block size ? 2- what is a DASD ...

Hello What you will have in your output file is: MichaelJor PamelaWall ....any thing that your variable is supposed to represent. CF20S_A_TIN represent data it is not the data. "Y = 2.X" is a linear line equation , it is not the line it self.

That is exactly the case. How was the COFFEE break ?. Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.