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Re: [open-cobol-list] OC and Oracle
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John Culleton |
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Re: [open-cobol-list] OC and Oracle |
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Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:02:07 -0400 |
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On Saturday 17 April 2010 11:40:21 Doug Vogel wrote:
> Has anybody used Oracle with OC. If so do you have any information I
> should be aware of or sample scripts (Windows and/or Unix) for
> compiling.
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Oracle and other SQL based RDBMS are not integrated into standard COBOL and
hence are not found in OC. The Indexed Sequential file system more or less
obviates the need for a relational DBMS for programming of repetitive
activities. Where the DBMS excels is for ad hoc inquiries prepared in SQL.
For those you really don't need COBOL.
I have used a programming language (Perl as I recall) years ago to help
populate a database using MDBMS (Marty's DBMS) years ago when I was
publishing a Breeder Directory. Information extracted from the DBMS and
sorted in a certain order was then massaged into a TeX file. That
particular DBMS was very simple compared to ORACLE or MySQL.
Unfortunately all those files, programs and scripts are long gone.
--
John Culleton
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