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Debug Large Field

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
By default, the debugger truncates variable output (often around 1024 characters), which makes it...
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Interactive Debugging

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
Step 1: Compile Program with Debug Information Before debugging, compile the required COBOL program...
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SYSDUMMY1

by Sudhir Kumar on 7th Jul, 2026
SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 is a built-in dummy table in IBM Db2. It contains exactly one column...
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Command Line Call Issue

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
Character fields When a programmer calls an ILE COBOL program from the IBMi command...
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Cursor Life-Cycle

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
A cursor is a pointer used by an embedded SQL program to process one...
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SET and VALUES

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
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Introduction to SQLCBLLE

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
SQLCBL (Native COBOL with embedded SQL) /SQLCBLLE (ILE COBOL with Embedded SQL) programming means...
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Pointer not set error

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
The monitor message MCH3601 refers to the below three scenarios of errors in ILE...
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Record and Relative KEY Clause

by gajendra.singh@programmers.io on 7th Jul, 2026
In ILE COBOL, the RECORD KEY clause is a mandatory requirement for the Indexed...
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