Questions tagged as 'cobol'

I'm trying to find out if there is any intrinsic COBOL function to convert a numeric date to string without having to use the REDEFINES clause: ( PIC S9(04) COMP) If yes, is it more costly to use REDEFINES ?     

How do you allocate dynamic memory in Cobol without using external C libraries? I'm not interested in using some kind of *alloc() coming from C. In any Cobol flavor does it exist? It should exist, because if now some compilers have acc...

What are the options for a Java system to communicate with a system made in COBOL? Is it possible to use WebServices? If not, JCA would be the best option?     

I'm having a task in my company that I'm feeling extremely difficult, I have to perform a TDD with Cobol. I would like some recommendations on tools, IDE, process that makes me do this activity and also know if it is really possible to do TDD wi...

I can not make a connection between a Micro Focus program Cobol and the Oracle database. I'm using the command: EXEC SQL CONNECT :USERNAME IDENTIFIED BY :PASSWD END-EXEC The error that returns me is:    Please speci...

I am in charge of running a Cobol Workshop in my company, and I was forced to do an example of a Cobol Unit Test. I just do not know where you're going with Cobol? I saw the OpenCobol IDE as a lightweight, easy-to-understand IDE. But I wanted...