esqlcbl Command—Invoke Embedded SQL Preprocessor for COBOL

The esqlcbl command invokes the Ingres embedded SQL (ESQL) preprocessor for COBOL.

The esqlcbl command has the following format:

esqlcbl [flags] [filename]

• flags

  Specify options to the preprocessor.

  These flags are common to most host language preprocessors, and are described under the esqlc command.

  The following flags are unique to the preprocessor for COBOL:

  • -a

    Generates output in ANSI format. Use this flag if your source code is in ANSI format and you want to compile the program with the COBOL command line qualifier ansi_format.

    On VMS, if this flag is omitted, the preprocessor generates output in Compaq COBOL terminal format.

• filename

  Specifies the name of the file that contains the embedded SQL statements.

For a complete description of the SQL preprocessor requirements for COBOL, see the Embedded SQL Companion Guide.