Provides the information required to build the SQL Server RM switch module.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
The SQL Server module provides two-phase commit support to ensure that any database connections made using this switch module
all participate in a single XA transaction.
- Source Code
- The SQL Server RM switch module COBOL source file,
ESMSSQL.CBL is located by default in the
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\src\enterpriseserver\xa directory.
Note: If you prefer to supply user credentials programmatically rather than in the xa_open string, instructions for doing so are
provided in the COBOL source file in the
Customization section.
- Build Requirements
- To build the SQL Server RM switch module, you must have the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) installed for your version
of Windows.
Before building this switch module, ensure that your LIB environment variable contains the path to the
odbc32.lib file, located in a subdirectory under your Windows SDK LIB directory.
Some OpenESQL directives are process-based, and typically need to be set in within the code of the program that makes the
database connection.
If you are executing services under
Enterprise Server that are deployed as container-managed applications, the applicable directives must be specified when compiling the RM switch
module, rather than when compiling your program source. For more information, see the list of Process-based OpenESQL directives
in the topic
Scope - OpenESQL SQL Compiler Directive Options.
- Building the Switch Module
-
Important: Beginning with the SQL Server ODBC 17.3 driver, Microsoft has changed their XA protocol. Use the MSSQL17 build option if you
are using ODBC 17.3 or later. Currently, later Microsoft ODBC 17 versioned drivers will work with SQL Server 2017 and later
only. For SQL Server 2016 and earlier, you must use the MSSQL build option and an earlier version of the SQL Server ODBC driver.
- Method 1
-
- Start a
Visual COBOL command prompt, 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the application, running as an administrator.
- Change to the
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\src\enterpriseserver\xa directory (default location).
- Enter
build mssql
Important: For ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server versions 17.3 and later, enter
build mssql17
instead.
- Method 2
-
- Start a
Visual COBOL command prompt, 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the application.
- Copy all files from the
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\src\enterpriseserver\xa directory (default location) to any location where you have WRITE permission.
- Change to the directory containing the copied files.
- Enter
build mssql
Important: For ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server versions 17.3 and later, enter
build mssql17
instead.
- Build Output
- The build process produces two binary switch module files from the
ESMSSQL.CBL COBOL source file:
| Binary File
|
Type
|
| ESMSSQL.DLL
|
static
|
| ESMSSQL_D.DLL
|
dynamic
|
You can register an RM switch module with
Enterprise Server dynamically, or register it statically depending on which binary file you use.
Micro Focus recommends that you use the dynamic switch module option, as this ensures that only active databases used in the global transaction
participate in the TM/RM XA flow.
- Additional Resources
- See
SQL Server xa_open string for more information on using the SQL Server RM switch module xa_open string.