File Records with no COPY Clause can be risky
Bad:
000130 DATA DIVISION.
000140 FILE SECTION.
000150 FD SALES-FILE
000160 RECORDING MODE IS F.
000170
000180 01 SALES-RECORD.
000190 05 BROKER-REGION PIC 9.
000200 05 BROKER-CITY PIC X(19).
000210 05 BROKER-NAME PIC X(20).
000220
000230 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
Good :
000130 DATA DIVISION.
000140 FILE SECTION.
000150 FD STUDENT-FILE
000160 RECORD CONTAINS 43 CHARACTERS
000170 DATA RECORD IS STUDENT-IN.
000180 01 STUDENT-IN PIC X(43).
000190
000200 FD PRINT-FILE
000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
000220 DATA RECORD IS PRINT-LINE.
000230 COPY CopyPrintFileRecord
000240
000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

Why you should care
File records should be described in a copy clause.
Business Impacts
CAST recommendations
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