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Confused, Not sure if I have this right but it sounds as if you are trying to write something that we use in work here quite a bit - for example a lot of online users on one system need a case number generated - these case number uniquely identify a customer and are sequential. If this is the...

All, Many thanks for the replies - For Info went for a variation of Bettys code in the end - but all were a help as made me think (for a change) about various solution Thanks again Mike

Hi Graham, Not sure if this will help you but the correct syntax is PARM='/CBLQDA(OFF)' For an example see http://www.naspa.com/PDF/99/T9902010.pdf - I have tried the option myself and seemed to work so the only thing I can think of is an installation specific problem? Regards Mike

Hi Crox, Thanks for you help in this but I'm not sure I may have explained myself. I have tried the suggested code but a move from a PIC S9(1) to a PIC -9 results in a S0C7 abend unless the field is a numeric representation - code snippet so someone can see if I am missing the point FILE...

Hi All - new to this group, cannot find the answer to this question in previous threadss so apologies if it has been asked before. I am trying to convert a packed field that can contain alpha numerics to a displayable format. For example a PIC X field containing the value x'C4'. I want to...