Before you develop IBM® COBOL applications that
contain embedded SQL and Db2® API calls on Linux
operating systems, you must configure the IBM COBOL
compiler.
About this task
Required steps if you develop applications that contain embedded SQL and Db2 API calls, and you
are using the IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 compiler.
Procedure
- When you precompile your application using the PRECOMPILE command, use
the
target ibmcob option.
- Do not use tab characters in your source files.
- You can use the
PROCESS and CBL keywords in the first
line of your source files to set compile options.
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If your application contains only embedded SQL, but no Db2 API calls, you do not
need to use the
pgmname(mixed) compile option. If you use Db2 API calls, you must
use the pgmname(mixed) compile option.
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If you are using the "System z® host data
type support" feature of the IBM COBOL for Linux on x86
compiler, the Db2 include files for your applications are in the following directory:
$HOME/sqllib/include/cobol_i
If you are building Db2 sample programs using
the script files provided, the include file path specified in the script files must be changed to
point to the cobol_i directory and not the cobol_a directory.
If you are NOT using the "System z host data
type support" feature of the IBM COBOL for Linux on x86
compiler, or you are using an earlier version of this compiler, then the Db2 include files for
your applications are in the following directory:
$HOME/sqllib/include/cobol_a
Specify COPY file names to include the .cbl extension as follows: