Microsoft provides tools to create, edit, and test SQL stored procedures. It is then the task of the programmer to generate the code to invoke these stored procedures from a COBOL client program. The OpenESQL Assistant makes this process easier.
When using Microsoft SQL Server data sources, you have the option to use OpenESQL Assistant to generate the query as a stored procedure. OpenESQL Assistant generates both the SQL statements to create the stored procedure and the client code to invoke it.
OpenESQL Assistant generates two SQL statements that drop the stored procedure and then create it. You typically place these SQL statements in a server program because they only need to be executed once.
OpenESQL Assistant also generates the code that goes into the client program and invokes the stored procedure. Depending on the type of query you select, OpenESQL Assistant might generate a DECLARE CURSOR statement that invokes the stored procedure or it might generate SQL CALL statements only.