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I specialize in IBM z/OS COBOL and MicroFocus OCDS and Server Express non-OOP. Design, coding and performance oriented questions. Also linking to IBM Assembler from COBOL. Because the rules change with version, please state language level, version and platform environment. See CICS for questions about CICS.

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Cobol - UPPER case on text in BULGARIAN

Expert: David Nelson - 11/5/2009

Question
Hello
I'm working on files that include strings in Bulgarian . Command UPPER used on the string does not change the case . I can see it when I load data to the DB with proper character set . The UPPER comand in Oracle works properly .
What should I do in order to UPPER in COBOL will work

Answer
The UPPER and LOWER functions require the CODEPAGE to be set correctly.
Since you did not specify your compiler and environment, I can not tell you how to do that. Consult you compiler programmers guide for the specific environment for details.

You will nned to set the code page for COBOL to the same value or equivalent as what you told Oracle to use. There is none that I could locate specific for this language. However it must reflect the alphabet base used. Latin or Cyrilic, etc.

David

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