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Hi All,

I am Kailash Rao new to this forum,

this is the commonly asked Question that i need Help

What is the Difference between Static and Dynamic Call in Cobol ? with an example

Kindly help me for this

Thanks
Kailash Rao

Hello and welcome to the forum,

The difference is whether the call is resolved by the link editor or if the call is resolved at run-time.



More info is available in the COBOL Language Reference:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0/CONTENTS?

Static Call:- It is a call to a program which will be link edited with the main program.
Dynamic call:-It is an independent program which is link edited separately. The main program just call this program

To be more specific:

If compiled as NODYNAM:
CALL 'literal' is a static call
CALL WS-label is a dynamic call

If compiled as DYNAM:
CALL 'literal' is a dynamic call
CALL WS-label is a dynamic call