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What is the Linkage section? What is the Use and Why the
parm length use alway "PARM-LENGTH PIC S9(4) or PIC S9
(4) COMP." any reason?.Please let me know any one...

Cheers,Prasad

Answer Posted / siri

LINKAGE SECTION:- IT IS SECTION OF THE DATA DIVISION..IT IS USED TO LINK BETWEEN THE TWO SUB PROGRAMS...PASS THE VALUE FROM JCL BY PARM PARAMETER...
DECLARE THE PARM PARAMETER IN COBOL PROGRRAM
LINKAGE SECTION.
01 PARM-FIELD.
05 PARM-LENGTH PIC S9(4) COMP.
05 PARM-VALUE PIC X(6)
PROCEDURE DIVISION USING PARM-FIELD.
THE PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE THEM USING LINKAGE SECTION.THE LINKAGE SECTION MUST BE CODED WITH HALF WORD BINARY FIELD AS FIRST FIELD.THIS IS POPULATED IS POPULATED WITH LENGTH OF THE PARM PASSED FROM THE JCL.

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