Hi,

please, can anyone tell me the maximum size of data passed in linkage section?

From Appendix B of the Enterprise COBOL Programming Guide, the linkage section in total can be 2,147,483,646 bytes under LP(32) and up to the available addressing capacity of the machine under LP(64).

A single data item under any section in the DATA DIVISION can be 999,999,999 bytes under LP(32) and 2,147,483,646 bytes under LP(64). So while you could potentially pass in a single item whose size is more than 999,999,999 bytes under LP(32) - from a program written in a different language, for example - COBOL would only support the first 999,999 bytes of it.

Hi,

please, can anyone tell me the maximum size of data passed in linkage section?

Hello Mike,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

From Appendix B of the Enterprise COBOL Programming Guide, the linkage section in total can be 2,147,483,646 bytes under LP(32) and up to the available addressing capacity of the machine under LP(64).

A single data item under any section in the DATA DIVISION can be 999,999,999 bytes under LP(32) and 2,147,483,646 bytes under LP(64). So while you could potentially pass in a single item whose size is more than 999,999,999 bytes under LP(32) - from a program written in a different language, for example - COBOL would only support the first 999,999 bytes of it.

Hi,

please, can anyone tell me the maximum size of data passed in linkage section?