Lists supported and tested DBMSs along with the
Enterprise Developer features that use them.
All RDBMS testing is done on both 32- and 64-bit platforms based on RDBMS client software availability.
With regard to support for each of these third-party RDBMS supported version,
Micro Focus :
- Provides support until the standard end-of-service (EOS) date provided by the RDBMS vendor
- If your deployment requires support for a given RDBMS beyond the vendor's EOS dates, check with
SupportLine for availability of Extended Support Plus options.
- Encourages you to include third-party RDBMS consideration when planning an upgrade to your
Micro Focus product
With regard to resolving reported issues with
Micro Focus software while using a third-party RDBMS,
Micro Focus :
- Attempts to resolve issues for supported DBMSs on tested or untested platforms
- Investigates issues involving planned but not yet supported RDBMSs, and attempts to resolve non-architectural issues that
also occur in the latest supported RDBMS version
This version of
Enterprise Developer supports the following Database Management Systems:
COBSQL (Pro*COBOL)
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Before deploying a COBSQL application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.
Note: COBSQL (Pro*COBOL) is supported for native COBOL only.
- Availability
-
| Feature/Platform
|
32-bit
|
64-bit
|
| x86-64 running Windows
|
X
|
X
|
- XA Switch Module
- The
Oracle XA switch module is provided for COBSQL (Pro*COBOL), and is available on the same platforms as are indicated in the
Availability section above.
- Certification of RDBMS Precompilers for Native COBOL
- Certification of RDBMS precompilers with
Micro Focus products is the responsibility of the RDBMS vendor, rather than
Micro Focus. Certification information can be found within the relevant Oracle documentation. If you have an
Oracle MetaLink account, document # 43208.1 provides details of all language compilers certified by Oracle for use with their precompilers.
- Preprocessors
- COBSQL supports the following database preprocessors:
- Oracle Pro*COBOL Version 12.2 and 18c database preprocessors
- Sybase Open Client Embedded SQL/COBOL Version 11.1 or later
- Informix Embedded SQL/COBOL Version 7.3 or later
- Compiling
- On Windows x86 and x86-64 platforms, when compiling with COBSQL for use with Oracle, do not use the COBSQL directive option
NOMAKESYN, since this directive results in COMP host variables, and on Intel platforms these are incompatible with the native
byte order expected by Oracle.
- Testing
- For this version, COBSQL was tested with Oracle Pro*COBOL version 12.2 and 18c.
HCO for DB2 LUW
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Note: HCO for DB2 LUW is supported for native COBOL only.
- Availability
-
| Feature/Platform
|
Native COBOL 32-bit
|
Native COBOL 64-bit
|
PL/I 32-bit
|
PL/I 64-bit
|
| x86-64 running Windows
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
- XA Switch Module
- The
DB2 XA switch module is provided and is available on the same platforms as are indicated in the
Availability section above.
- Certification of RDBMS Precompilers for Native COBOL
- Certification of RDBMS precompilers with
Micro Focus products is the responsibility of the RDBMS vendor, rather than
Micro Focus. You can find IBM document certification information for DB2/COBOL applications within the IBM Information Center for DB2,
in the topic
Support for database application development in COBOL.
- Preprocessor
- HCO for DB2 LUW supports the following database preprocessors:
- IBM DB2 LUW Version 10.5 or later
- IBM DB2 Connect Version 10.5 or later
- Host Compatibility Option (HCO)
- Host Compatibility Option requires that you have one of the following software products installed and configured:
- IBM DB2 Connect - Personal, Enterprise, Application Server or Unlimited Edition
- IBM DB2 LUW - Workgroup or Enterprise Server Editions including Advanced versions
- IBM DB2 LUW - Express or Express-C Edition
- IBM Data Server Client (assumes installation of a remote DB2 LUW Server product)
- Testing
- For this version,
HCO for DB2 LUW was tested with
versions
10.5 and 11.1.
HCO for SQL Server (HCOSS)
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Before
developing or
deploying an HCOSS application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.
- Availability
-
| Feature/Platform
|
32-bit
|
64-bit
|
| x86-64 running Windows
|
X
|
X
|
- Database Migration
-
- HCOSS Client Host node
-
- SQL Server 2012 or later
[23]
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services - available with the Microsoft SQL Server edition
Note: Microsoft SQL Server Express edition might not support SSIS. See your Microsoft documentation for details.
- Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL)
Note: Microsoft recommends MSOLEDBSQL only, as all other versions are deprecated or are no longer maintained. However, if MSOLEDBSQL
is not installed, SQL Server Native Client (SNAC) is used if available.
- Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 version 5.0 or later
Notes:
- Be sure to configure the OLE DB Provider to connect to the mainframe. See your Microsoft documentation for details.
- When using Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 version 6.0, set the
Extract Schema Cast STATEMENT column to VARCHAR during SysViews extract option.
- SQL Server Target Host node
- SQL Server 2012 or later
[23]
- Mainframe DB2
- IBM-supported z/OS DB2 versions only
Note: If you intend to develop applications on your local machine, but deploy applications to a SQL Server database on a remote
machine, configure the remote machine using the requirements listed in the
Deploying Native Applications > Deployment Machine section later in this topic.
- Application Migration
-
- ADO.NET applications
- ADO.NET applications require SQL Server 2014 or later and SqlClient Data Provider in .NET Framework 4.x
Note: Microsoft recommends .NET Framework 4.5.2
- COBOL Stored Procedures
- See the requirements specified in
SQL Server COBOL Stored Procedures.
OpenESQL
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- Availability
-
| Feature/Platform
|
Native and
.NET
COBOL 32-bit
|
Native and
.NET
COBOL 64-bit
|
PL/I 32-bit
|
PL/I 64-bit
|
| x86-64 running Windows
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
- XA Switch Module
- The
ODBC One-phase Commit, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL switch modules are provided and available on the same platforms as are indicated
in the
Availability section above.
- Native COBOL and PL/I
-
- OpenESQL supports access to relational databases using ODBC 3.0-compliant drivers
- Refer to your driver vendor's documentation to determine whether your driver is suitable for use with OpenESQL
- .NET COBOL
-
- OpenESQL supports access to relational databases using compliant .NET framework drivers
- OpenESQL has been tested against the following ADO.NET data providers:
- Microsoft provider for SQL Server
- Microsoft provider for Oracle
- IBM DB2
- Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) - fully managed and unmanaged providers
- OleDb
- Managed ODBC .NET providers
- Npgsql 3.2.2 for EDB PostgreSQL
- SQL CLR Integration
- The following software is required to use the SQL CLR integration feature, which is specifically for the development and deployment
of COBOL stored procedures under Microsoft SQL Server. This feature is available for projects created using the SQL Server
Database Project template, which becomes available after installing the
ASP.NET and web development tools feature from the Visual Studio IDE (see
To install missing features from the IDE for details).
Projects based on the SQL Server Database Project template require:
- Microsoft SQL Server Tools (SSDT SDK)
- Visual Studio 2017 or later
Professional, Enterprise or Community Edition
- Any of the following:
|
|
Target
|
Version
|
Microsoft Recommendation
|
| SQL Server 2012 and later
|
.NET Frameworks 4.x
|
CLR v4.0-based
|
.NET Framework 4.5.2
|
| SQL Azure Database (option 1)
|
.NET Frameworks (2.0, 3.0, 3.5)
|
CLR v2.0-based
|
Review the latest Microsoft recommendations to select an appropriate .NET Framework.
|
| SQL Azure Database (option 2)
|
.NET Frameworks 4.x
|
CLR v4.0-based
|
If you are accessing Microsoft SQL Server from a remote machine, install the same
Enterprise Developer or
Enterprise Server version on the remote Microsoft SQL Server machine as you have running on your local machine. For additional information,
see
SQL Server COBOL Stored Procedures.
Important: The SQL CLR Database project template available in previous versions of
Enterprise Developer is no longer supported. Projects based on the SQL CLR Database project template are automatically upgraded to use the SQL
Server Database project template when opened in
Enterprise Developer
for Visual Studio 2017.
- Testing
- For this version, OpenESQL was tested with:
- Oracle 12.2 and 18c
- DB2 LUW 10.5 and 11.1
- SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017
- EDB PostgreSQL 10.5
- MySQL 5.7 (5.3 ODBC drivers only)
Note: Micro Focus provides compatibility for PostgreSQL and MySQL but does not directly contribute to or support either open source project.
Any issues relating to the functionality of either DBMS should be addressed through an open source support vendor.
- Planned
- Support for the following is planned for future release:
- Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance)
- Azure SQL Database (Logical server)
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition
SQL Option for DB2
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- Availability
-
| Feature/Platform
|
32-bit
|
| x86-64 running Windows
|
X
|
- XA Switch Module
- XDB XA switch modules are provided and are available for the Windows x86-64 32-bit platform.