The following new features have been added as part of database access support:
- COBSQL
- Pro*COBOL Support
- You can now select and configure the Pro*COBOL COBSQL preprocessor for compiling COBSQL applications on the
SQL tab in the project's properties.
- KEEPCOMP Directive
- The new KEEPCOMP directive resolves COMP/COMP-5 issues with Oracle applications on little-endian platforms.
- DB2
- This release introduces a new DB2 ECM compiler directive option, GEN-HV-FROM-GROUP, that generates host variables for all elementary data items when a multiple-level group variable is used in a FETCH or singleton SELECT DB2 statement.
- OpenESQL
- This version provides the following new OpenESQL features:
- SQL Server
- Support for SQL Server 2014.
- SQL compiler directive options
- The following are new SQL compiler directive options:
- DETECTDATE=SERVER
- Resolves host variables alignment with column data types in an SQL table.
- GEN-HV-FROM-GROUP
- Generates host variables for all elementary data items when a multiple-level group variable is used in a FETCH or singleton SELECT SQL statement.
- Sample applications
- The following native COBOL SQL sample applications are new with this version:
- Get Diagnostics
- Demonstrates how to use GET DIAGNOSTICS EXEC SQL calls to get diagnostic information from various DBMSs.
- LOB Data Types
- Demonstrates how to INSERT and SELECT LOB data in a native application using various DBMSs.
- XA switch modules
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Restriction: This feature applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
The Oracle
and SQL Server
XA switch modules are now compiled with one source file rather than two.
