COBOL Unleashed

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Summary: Can U sugest me howmuch useful this book to me
Review: Hey I am team leader who is into a RE-ENGG project from IDMS TO web technologies.Can somebody tell me how good this book suits my requirement.
Thanks in advance.

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Summary: A great reference on areas of COBOL rarely covered.
Review: Pay attention to where this books says it does not teach programming.

_ALL_ code examples assume familiarity with COBOL and familiarity with programming. Most are simply free-form code examples designed to inform, not actual programs.

As for a reference, if this book missed it, I didn't notice. It's already helped me on a number of issues, including covering why SECTIONs exist (something not even my compiler vendor manuals tackle, and I've certainly never seen anywhere else).

I've seen a few typos, but they were obvious (again, you need to be a programmer already to spot this stuff).

The CD-ROM has several demo compilers and the code examples from the book. I haven't used any of them, but have read about others liking them.

Overall, a good book and a great buy.

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Summary: Very helpful for the new programmer!
Review: The book really helped me in clearing up areas that my advanced COBOL teacher was not very clear in.

I think it will be a good reference book for the future.

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Summary: Very helpful for the new programmer!
Review: This is one of the few books that contains anything about IDMS. All other IDMS books are out of print and hard to find. I authored Chapter 23 - The IDMS Chapter.

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Summary: Great IDMS Chapter
Review: This is one of the few books that contains anything about IDMS. All other IDMS books are out of print and hard to find. I authored Chapter 23 - The IDMS Chapter.

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Summary: Comprehensive reference of COBOL, databases, VSAM, etc.
Review: This is the most comprehensive COBOL reference that I have seen in my 20 years in the business. I bought it specifically for the IDMS chapter, but it also covers other database types. It is well organized and gets right to the point with code examples and diagrams. If I were to have only one COBOL reference this would be it.