status code 99 on cobol?

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Sankar Sabari
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status code 99 on cobol?

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Hi All,

What is the status code 99 on cobol?
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This is one of the questions very easily answered by looking in the Language Reference manual for your version of COBOL. And the answer is -- 99 is NOT a defined file status code for Enterprise COBOL. Some COBOL implementations like MicroFocus use 99 but not the mainframe.
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Re: status code 99 on cobol?

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hmmm.. Thank you. I was looking in QW and it was not there.
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