how many bytes transfer one program to another program thr

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how many bytes transfer one program to another program thr

Post by mainframe5 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:44 pm

how many bytes transfer one program to another program thru linkage section.what is the maximum limit.

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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:14 pm

you don't transfer data via linkage to another program.

you provide addressability to the data for the CALLed program.

LIMITS:
batch: cobol limit - check manual for version that you are using.
cics: cics limit, check manual for version that you are using.
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