Open PL/I enables you to develop PL/I applications that make use of databases maintained by IBM DB2. Open PL/I's DB2 SQL precompiler allows you to compile and link PL/I applications containing embedded DB2 SQL statements to access these databases. This document gives the special instructions needed to code, compile, and link such Open PL/I applications.
Support for DB2 SQL is included in the standard Open PL/I product set, but you must obtain from Micro Focus a DB2 SQL license before it can be used. Also, before you can take advantage of EXEC SQL support, you must have installed and started IBM's DB2 product on your system.
You can code DB2 EXEC SQL statements in Open PL/I applications using the language defined in the IBM document DATABASE 2 Client/Server SOL Reference. Specific requirements for your SQL code are described in the sections that follow.