You can specify the OpenESQL preprocessor and its directive options using any of the following methods:
- In your
Visual COBOL Project
- Before compiling from within
Visual COBOL:
- Open your project properties and
expand
Micro Focus > Project Settings > COBOL > SQL Preprocessor.
Note: You can also set compiler directive options under
Micro Focus > Build Configurations > COBOL > SQL Preprocessor. If you do this, the setting applies only when the build configuration is active, and the compiler directive option is not set to something else in the Project Settings or on the program level.
- If unchecked, check
Enable configuration specific settings and
Use SQL Preprocessor.
- From the
Preprocessor Type drop-down list, select
OpenESQL.
- Type the name of your database into the
Value field of the DB setting.
- To specify the type of database access you want, use the grid to set the value of the DBMAN directive to
ODBC or
JDBC.
- Click
Apply.
- Use the grid to select additional directive options and set appropriate values. Click
Apply after each setting.
Alternatively, you can enter the preprocessor specification and options as additional directives:
- Open your project properties and expand
Micro Focus > Project Settings > COBOL.
Note: You can also set the preprocessor under
Micro Focus > Build Configurations > COBOL. If you do this, the setting applies only when the build configuration is active, and the preprocessor is not set to something else in the Project Settings or on the program level.
- Click in the
Additional directives field and type:
SQL(DBMAN=dbaType [SQLdirOpt])
Where
dbaType is
ODBC or
JDBC, and
SQLdirOpts is one or more additional directive options.
- On the Command Line
- Use the SQL compiler directive, followed by the DBMAN option to specify the type of database access:
SQL(DBMAN==dbaType)
Where
dbaType is
ODBC or
JDBC.
- In a Directives File
- You can include OpenESQL preprocessor directives in the
cobol.dir system-wide directives file, a user directives file, or both. See
System-wide Directives File, cobol.dir
and
User Directives File for details.
- Embedded in a Program
- You can also specify the OpenESQL preprocessor and compiler directive options on the program level by embedding a
$SET statement into the program itself starting in column 1 on the first line of the program:
$SET SQL(DBMAN=dbaType [SQLdirOpts])
Where
dbaType is
ODBC, or
JDBC, and
SQLdirOpts is one or more additional directive options.
Important: Use this method only when the program requires a preprocessor different from other programs in an application.
