OpenESQL enables you to deploy COBOL stored procedures to SQL Server by converting the COBOL code to SQL CLR, and then deploying the converted SQL CLR code to SQL Server.
The SQL CLR Integration feature of Enterprise Developer for Visual Studio 2017 enables you to create stored procedures, user-defined functions and types, aggregates, and triggers in managed code, taking advantage of the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and later SQL CLR feature.
To create and execute a COBOL stored procedure, see Tutorials: SQL Server COBOL Stored Procedures. For information on using SQL CLR integration, see these topics: