The following new features have been added as part of database access support:
- COBSQL
- 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
(Windows and UNIX platforms)
and SQL Server
(Windows platforms only)
XA switch modules are now compiled with one source file rather than two.
