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anettis · Beginner Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Topics: 5

I have come across a odd handling of divide by zero abends within COBOL/LE. I can easily recreate this same behavior under CICS or batch. Take the following test cases:

Test Case #1

kolusu · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject:

anettis,

why not use ON SIZE ERROR clause and handle the abend by your self?

ex:

anettis · Beginner Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Topics: 5

Hi Kolusu. I realize that ON SIZE ERROR would prvent the condition all together. The system that I am working with is very old and has plenty of COMPUTE statements without ON SIZE ERROR - so updating them all in short order would not be possible. My real concern at this point is why LE and COBOL would handle what is essentially the same COMPUTE statement in two drastically different ways - to me this indicates a weakness or bug with either LE or COBOL.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject:

anettis,

Take a look at this PTF which discusses a similar issue

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1PQ62071

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anettis · Beginner Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Topics: 5

Kolusu,

Very nice find - that is indeed similar to what I am seeing.

Thanks,

Tony