This lecture note covers the following topics:
introduction to COBOL, Divisions of Cobol, Picture clause characteristics,
Editing, Level structure, Data movement verb Move Arithmetic verbs, Input and output verbs, Corresponding options, Programs using
Arithmetic verbs, Conditions, Conditionals statements, Perform statements,
Renames and redefines clauses, Programs, Sequential files, Direct access files,
Indexed sequential files, Sorting and merging of files, Programs, Table
handling, Indexed tables and index names, Search and start verbs, Programs using
occurs and screen section.
This manual is a comprehensive user's guide and
reference to the Oracle Pro COBOL Precompiler. It shows you how to develop COBOL
programs that use the database languages SQL and PL or SQL to access and manipulate
Oracle data. This PDF covers the following topics related to Pro COBOL
Precompiler : Introduction, Precompiler Concepts, Database Concepts, Datatypes
and Host Variables, Embedded SQL, Embedded PL or SQL, Host Tables, Error Handling
and Diagnostics, Oracle Dynamic SQL, ANSI Dynamic SQL, Oracle Dynamic SQL:
Method, Multithreaded Applications, Large Objects , Precompiler Options.
Author(s): Syed Mujeed Ahmed, Jack Melnick, James W.
Rawles, Neelam Singh, Oracle
This document describes the
syntax, semantics and usage of the COBOL programming language as implemented by
the current version of GNU COBOL, formerly known as OpenCOBOL.