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[cobcurious]

Hi,
I need to implement an external table which can be loaded once and shared by different programs.The table will be kind of reference table.I have some doubts about the such a table :-

1. What is the life time of such a table or How long does it last ?

2.How do I declare such a table in my COBOL program?

3.How do I delete such a table?

4.Can the table be shared by only the programs which are related to each other through a CALL statements?


Thanks
Tushar Johri

[Grant]

This can be achieved using "tokens". Search for the following program names :
IEANTRT (retrieve) IEANTCR (create) and IEANTDL (delete)

[shiv_swami]

Grant.

Thanks for great piece of info. Few more links.

http://www.lbdsoftware.com/Using_System_Name-Token_Pairs.pdf
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Regards,
Shivprakash

[cobcurious]

Hi,
Thanks for the replies..but I will appreciate if we can explore the possibility of using tables which are declared as EXTERNAL variable in COBOL programs

Thanks
Tushar