Re: How to connect with Micro Focus COBOL

Michael Ho <"infoage_at_hk.super.net, hom"@clsasia.com> wrote in article <5ir4pn$js7$1_at_tst.hk.super.net>...

> > Does anyone outthere know how to connect Oracle with Micro Focus COBOL,
> > I am urgently in converting some Mirco Focus COBOL files to Oracle
 TABLE.
> > Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thnak,Shaochun,
>
> Oracle have Pro*Cobol product available.
>
> However, we find it little bit buggy and have some unfavourable
> behaviour.
> Generally, don't expect it to be as easy and staight forward as Pro*C.

Um, Pro*COBOL is about as easy as it gets. It's not too tough to use, really. Just define some variables and execute some EXEC SQL statements. Just like any other Oracle precompiler language.

We have had some problems with Micro Focus COBOL on the HP, DEC and AIX platforms, but nothing really out of the ordinary. We haven't really run into any major bugs, either. Pro*COBOL is still a very viable solution, especially if you have legacy programs you need to convert to Oracle or to the UNIX environment. If you're starting from scratch, C/C++ is probably a better choice.

Regards,
Brian

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