CBLDB22R did not generate correctly from course JCL

[frasertajima]

Course Details

IBM Learning Platform

Description

Ran the zos.public.db2.jcl(db2setup) JCL to generate CBL and JCL files in VSCode (see page 39 of the COBOL Programming Course #3 3.2.0). The version of CBLDB22R.JCL generated by the course scripts is missing a four year old fix found in the corrected github repository:

//REPORT DD SYSOUT=*

Without the //REPORT, submitting the job results in file status 96 and IGZ0035S at runtime as well as an hour or two of debugging to fix something that was fixed four years ago!

Reproduction Steps

1.submit job for zos.public.db2.jcl(db2setup) and follow instructions on page 39 for the rest.
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Additional Context

IGZ0035S There was an unsuccessful OPEN or CLOSE of file REPORT in program CBLDB22 at relative location X'1EE'.
Neither FILE STATUS nor an ERROR declarative were specified. The status code was 96.
From compile unit CBLDB22 at entry point CBLDB22 at compile unit offset +000001EE at entry offset +000001EE
at address 1B2011EE.

Error message using the course jcl (missing the //REPORT line).

[MikeBauerCA]

Thank you for opening this issue. I'll pass this along to those who maintain the lab environment. For me, I found zos.public.db2.jcl(db2setup) and CBLDB22R to be referenced on page 24 of the Course 3 PDF. It may be different on the Learning Platform.

[ibmrcruicks]

//REPORT DD SYSOUT=*

has been added to the ZOS.PUBLIC.DB2.JCL(CBLDB22R) member

[ibmrcruicks]

at the stage when most new COBOL developers have reached the DB2 labs, the majority seem to have worked out the need for a REPORT DD (or not many work through the course to encounter the problem ...)

[frasertajima]

Thank you for your quick response. I should mention that I also had a day-long debugging session fixing the entire lab series in course 2 starting from 5.4 Lab and CBL001, onward. It may be my fault (zowe was not online at the time?) so the on-boarding of the LearnCOBOL files may have been corrupted, but the bottom line was that the .data and .xdata files were switched? At least when I edited the JCL files to use .xdata instead of .data, all the lab exercises worked. But originally, the record sizes were wrong (170 vs 98) due to binary vs text? This is not a bug report because it could be that I did something wrong but it was a struggle just to get started! Today's bug report should not be my fault because zowe was online. Many thanks, Fraser

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 09:06, Mike Bauer ***@***.***> wrote: *MikeBauerCA* left a comment (openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course#341) <#341 (comment)> Thank you for opening this issue. I'll pass this along to those who maintain the lab environment. For me, I found zos.public.db2.jcl(db2setup) and CBLDB22R to be referenced on page 24 of the Course 3 PDF. It may be different on the Learning Platform. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#341 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQRHIJGI54ZQHYNUCW72O7T4ID7RTAVCNFSM6AAAAACSSAS6KWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOOBVGU2TEOJTGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: <openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course/issues/341/3785552930@ github.com>

-- Fraser Tajima

[frasertajima]

Well, it is my second day of COBOL!

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 09:21, Ross Cruickshank ***@***.***> wrote: *ibmrcruicks* left a comment (openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course#341) <#341 (comment)> at the stage when most new COBOL developers have reached the DB2 labs, the majority seem to have worked out the need for a REPORT DD (or not many work through the course to encounter the problem ...) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#341 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQRHIJBOPQSWYNHBSROYHLD4IEBIBAVCNFSM6AAAAACSSAS6KWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOOBVGYZTEOJYGE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: <openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course/issues/341/3785632981@ github.com>

-- Fraser Tajima