To create a JVM COBOL project for JDBC

From the Eclipse IDE, create a COBOL JVM project.
Right-click your project and select Properties from the context menu.
Expand Micro Focus > SQL Preprocessor.
Check Use SQL Preprocessor.
From the Preprocessor Type drop-down list, select OpenESQL.
Scroll down the Directives list and click the Value field that corresponds to DBMAN.
From the drop-down list, select JDBC.
Click OK.

Note: You can also set the DBMAN compiler directive to JDBC outside of the Eclipse IDE using either of these two methods:

Set the directive as a command-line option when you compile from the command line using the following syntax:
SQL(DBMAN=JDBC) (Windows)

SQL(DBMAN==JDBC) (UNIX)
Embed the directive at the start of a program:
$SET SQL(DBMAN=JDBC)