XDB

Causes EXEC SQL statements in your program to be replaced by XDB calls, depending on the options you specify.
Restriction:

This directive is supported in native COBOL only.

Syntax:

 >>-.---.-.----XDB-.----------------------.-.--><  
    +-/-+ |        |   +-----.---.-----.  | | 
          |        |   |     +-,-+     |  | | 
          |        |   v               |  | | 
          |        +-(.-option=setting-.)-+ | 
          |           |                |    | 
          |           +-NO-option------+    | 
          +-NO-XDB--------------------------+

Parameters:

option One of the XDB options listed in XDB Directive Options.
setting The setting for the option

Properties:

Default: NOXDB
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial