Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:32:12 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:11:55 -0400, Graham Hobbs <ghobbs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Hello,
>>Further questions please..
>>Do the MS and Fujitsu compilers sup****t VSAM KSDS files? What about
>>DB2 access, CICS access, guess I'm asking EXEC CICS suchandsuch and
>>EXEC SQL suchandsuch.
>>Thanks
>>Graham
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>Huh?    It looks as though you want an IBM mainframe compiler, not a
>Windows compiler.   Or maybe you want terminal software to allow you
>to run TSO/SPF on your mainframe.

Right about a mainframe compiler. My 1998 IBM compiler runs nicely
under NT but fails utterly under XP thus my interest in an XP version.
From IBM it is part of a $10,000 'great' package (last I heard) - most
unfriendly.

I semi-expected your comments about CICS and DB2 but what's the
difference between KSDS and Indexed Sequential? For that matter what's
the diff between ESDS and 'flat or sequential' files?

I really should know this stufff but I don't!

Thanks
Graham
P.S. Have used DB2 and CICS calls from Cobol pgms many times but have
'never' ever examined syntax etc - never thought about writing my own
DB2 calls - maybe it's not difficult.

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