Re: CICS Problem

["Jerry Thomas" <jerryt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lora, 

Evaluate both fields in hex to make sure they are equal in every byte. You
may have low-values instead of spaces. 
EVAL ACEMPNOI :x 
EVAL WS_COMM_BEGIN :x

If the if field is coming from a CICS BMS map it probably has low-values in
it. 

Jerry Thomas

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Subject: [COBOL400-L] CICS Problem

I'm a very new CICS programmer, and I'm running into a problem.
 
I'm trying to compare two data items.  Both are PIC X(09).  Both will
contain numbers, though.  
 
At one point in the CICS program, I have:
 
IF ACEMPNOI = WS-COMM-BEGIN
   NEXT SENTENCE
ELSE
   PERFORM 1100-START-BROWSE THRU 1100-EXIT.
 
The problem is, the Else branch always triggers when the program reaches
this statement, as though the two data values are different, even when I can
verify that they are not.
 
ACEMPNOI is the field that receives the account number from the CICS map.
WS-COMM-BEGIN is the field in the DFHCOMMAREA that contains the last
ACEMPNOI that was searched on.  I save it to this COMMAREA data item
whenever the program executes a successful STARTBR.
 
What am I doing wrong here?
 
Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Thanks.
 
Lora