In Cobol you can specify a variable name in the SELECT clause and at run time
generate
a random/unique name. If you also specify the FILE-STATUS phrase then you can
check
for these types of errors before the user would ever see them.

Bob Schlosser
(407) 727-5893

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        Subject:        Web Development on the HP3000

        When you open a work file on the HP3000 in a COBOL program that doesn't
        exist, it creates a temporary file for that session.  Because APACHE
server
        only runs as one session, how can I have a temporary workfile for
multiple
        users?  When I'm testing out my page, and load the same page on two
        different browser sessions at the same time, one of the sessions gets a
        file opened exclusively error.

        Is there any way to dynamically open a file in a COBOL program?  Like
        incrementing the file by one every time the program runs?

        Any help would be appreciated.