Multiple choice technology mainframe

There is no need to include the DCLGEN in the cobol program

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

Including DCLGEN (Declaration Generator) in COBOL-DB2 programs is not mandatory. DCLGEN generates COBOL data structure declarations matching DB2 table definitions, which provides type safety and simplifies host variable declarations. However, programmers can manually declare host variables without DCLGEN, making it optional despite being a best practice.

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