ed wrote:
> Just a quicky
>
> I am looking at the possiblity of reading a db2 table for a financial
> app using cobol,  can I go above the PIC S9(19) COMP as I need to
> handle large precision numbers (up to 31 digit).
>
> The data would be stored as decimal in db2, i believe there is a
> compiler option but cant find it in my documenetation
>
> Any help greatly recieved

Depends on the compiler. In general, yes.

A thirty-one digit number is more than 10 million times the number of
electrons in the universe - just what is it you are measuring?

Oh, wait. I see the Google results for "btinternet + spam" yields over
344,000 hits. Never mind on the question, I think I know the answer.