Size of a column has been changed in DB2 table (Suppose it
was of 5 characters and later changed to 4 characters) and
forgot to change the DCLGEN in COBOL program, what will
happen during the execution of code? If the program Abends
then what will be the error? If it doesn't abend then hpw
the error can be catched?

Answer Posted / suresh

The program will get abended and the error will data
exception error.

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