When you develop an embedded SQL application
with the IBM® VisualAge® COBOL compiler on Windows operating system, following db2
prep option and compiler options must be set.
Procedure
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When you precompile your application with the Db2® precompiler, and use
the command line processor command
db2 prep, use the target ibmcob
option.
- Do not use tab characters in your source files.
- Use the
PROCESS and CBL keywords
in your source files to set compile options. Place the keywords in
columns 8 to 72 only.
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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/390® host data type
support" feature of the IBM
VisualAge COBOL compiler, the Db2 include files for
your applications are in the following directory:
%DB2PATH%\include\cobol_i
If you are building Db2 sample programs using
the batch files provided, the include file path specified in the batch files must be changed to
point to the cobol_i directory and not the cobol_a directory.
If you are NOT using the "System/390 host data type
support" feature of the IBM
VisualAge COBOL compiler, or you are using an earlier
version of this compiler, then the Db2 include files for
your applications are in the following directory:
%DB2PATH%\include\cobol_a
The cobol_a directory is the default.
- Specify COPY file names to include the
.cbl extension
as follows: