Analyze the TwoPackageSet Project

Guides you through the process of analyzing the TwoPackageSet COBOL program and project to become familiar with its use of SQL and to learn how it is compiled for HCOSS.

Analyze EXEC SQL in TwoPackageSet.cbl

  1. In Visual Studio, open the solution named TwoPackageSet, which is located in the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples\Mainframe\SQL\hcoss\TwoPackageSet directory.
  2. From the Solution Explorer, open the TwoPackageSet.cbl file to view its contents. Pay particular attention to the EXEC SQL statements.
  3. Close the code editor.

Analyze TwoPackageSet project properties

  1. Open the project properties for the TwoPackageSet project.
  2. Notice that the Output type on the Application tab is Console Application.
  3. Switch to the COBOL tab, and set the following:
    Configuration Debug
    Platform target x86 (default)
  4. Switch to the SQL tab. Several OpenESQL compiler directives have been set for you. The following table offers a brief description of each:
    SQL(BEHAVIOR=OPTIMIZED) Optimizes ambiguous cursor declarations
    SQL(DBMAN=ODBC) Uses an ODBC connection
    SQL(TARGETDB=MSSQLSERVER) Target database is SQL Server
    SQL(DB=HCODemo) SQL Server connection name is HCODemo
    SQL(DIALECT=MAINFRAME) HCOSS database syntax conversion is enabled
    SQL(DBRMLIB) EXEC-SQL commands are extracted and placed in database request module (DBRM)
    SQL(INIT) Initiates the database connection
    SQL(NOCHECK) No SQL compile-time checking performed
  5. Close the Properties window.