Analyze the TwoPackageSet Project

Analyze EXEC SQL in TwoPackageSet.cbl

1. In Visual Studio, open the solution named TwoPackageSet, which is located in the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples\Mainframe\SQL\hcoss\TwoPackageSet directory.
2. From the Solution Explorer, open the TwoPackageSet.cbl file to view its contents. Pay particular attention to the EXEC SQL statements.
3. Close the code editor.

Analyze TwoPackageSet project properties

1. Open the project properties for the TwoPackageSet project.
2. Notice that the Output type on the Application tab is Console Application.
3. Switch to the COBOL tab, and set the following:

   Configuration	Debug
   Platform target	x86 (default)

4. Switch to the SQL tab. Several OpenESQL compiler directives have been set for you. The following table offers a brief description of each:

   SQL(BEHAVIOR=OPTIMIZED)	Optimizes ambiguous cursor declarations
   SQL(DBMAN=ODBC)	Uses an ODBC connection
   SQL(TARGETDB=MSSQLSERVER)	Target database is SQL Server
   SQL(DB=HCODemo)	SQL Server connection name is HCODemo
   SQL(DIALECT=MAINFRAME)	HCOSS database syntax conversion is enabled
   SQL(DBRMLIB)	EXEC-SQL commands are extracted and placed in database request module (DBRM)
   SQL(INIT)	Initiates the database connection
   SQL(NOCHECK)	No SQL compile-time checking performed

5. Close the Properties window.