Pro*COBOL Precompiler Getting Started
Release 8.0.6 for Windows NT and Windows 95/98

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Introducing Pro*COBOL

This chapter describes the Oracle programmatic interface for the COBOL language running under the Windows NT and Windows 95/98 operating systems. Specific topics discussed are:

What is Pro*COBOL?

To access an Oracle8 database, you use a high-level query language called Structured Query Language (SQL). You often use SQL through an interactive interface, such as SQL*Plus.

Pro*COBOL is a precompiler that converts SQL statements embedded within COBOL programs into standard Oracle run-time library calls. The output file can then be compiled by a COBOL compiler.


Additional Information:

For more information, see the Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide


Use the Pro*COBOL precompiler when rapid development and compatibility with other systems are your priorities. Pro*COBOL supports the following compilers:

What is Release 1.8.28?

Oracle Corporation expects that any application written for Pro*COBOL release 1.8.x should precompile successfully with Pro*COBOL release 8.0.6. However, some vendor extensions may not be accepted and the application may not precompile successfully when migrating from release 1.8.x to release 8.0.6.


Note:

To install Pro*COBOL release 1.8.28, you need to choose Custom Installation when installing the Oracle programmer products. 


If you simply want to migrate a release 1.8.x application to release 8.0.6 without using any of the new features of Pro*COBOL version 8, but the application does not precompile successfully, then do the following:

Because of these two releases, your Oracle home directory can contain two directories for Pro*COBOL:

This Directory...  Contains... 

ORACLE_HOME\PRO80 

Pro*COBOL release 8.0.6 

ORACLE_HOME\PRO18 

Pro*COBOL release 1.8.28 

PL/SQL Support

This release of Pro*COBOL supports PL/SQL release 8.0, Oracle's procedural language extension to the SQL language standard for enhancing performance of the Oracle database.


Additional Information:

For more information on PL/SQL, see the PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference.

For more information on embedding PL/SQL in your Pro*COBOL applications, see Chapter 6 of the Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide


Features

Pro*COBOL supports the following:

Restrictions

Pro*COBOL does not support the following:


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