COBOL provides an alternate reserved-word table (IGYCCICS) for CICS application programs. If you use the compiler option WORD(CICS), COBOL words that are not supported under CICS are flagged with an error message.
In addition to the COBOL words restricted by the IBM-supplied default reserved-word table, the IBM-supplied CICS reserved-word table restricts the following COBOL words:
If you intend to use the SORT statement under CICS (COBOL supports an interface for the SORT statement under CICS), you must change the CICS reserved-word table to remove the words in bold above from the list of words marked as restricted.
related tasks
Compiling with the CICS option
Sorting under CICS
related references
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