Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

On 29 Apr, 06:44, Richard <rip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 29, 4:11=A0pm, Graham Hobbs <gho...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Further questions please..
> > Do the MS and Fujitsu compilers sup****t VSAM KSDS files? What about
>
> What do you mean by 'sup****t' ? =A0You are unlikely to find a VSAM KSDS
> file on Windows. Windows is not MVS or zOS. It does, however, have
> Cobol INDEXED SEQUENTIAL files.
>
> > DB2 access, CICS access, guess I'm asking EXEC CICS suchandsuch
>
> Winows does not normally run a CICS service. CICS is not part of
> Cobol, though normally Cobol programs are used in a CICS service.
>
> > and
> > EXEC SQL suchandsuch.
>
> SQL service is also not part of Cobol. Most SQL is achieved with a
> different product, such as a preprocessor, that converts the EXEC SQL
> lines into Cobol CALLs and such.
>
> Fujitsu version 3 does not include (AFAIK) SQL. Later versions of
> Fujitsu do sup****t ODBC access through a limited set of EXEC SQL
> statements. You can always write the appropriate CALL statements.

If you had bought the Fujitsu v3 compiler then there would have been
ODBC compatibility (similar to DB2 and using SQL).

Fujitsu and Microfocus do sup****t ODBC and SQL. Microfocus also has
CICS and JCL emulators available (at a price). DB2 can be obtained for
free from IBM and runs on the pc under windows.

To save opening up another thread, VSAM can be emulated on the pc
(albeit with z/390 Assembler by Don Higgins).