For such fields, Migration Utility expands special code that prepares fields in working storage before they are accessed. These examples show some variations of possible field definitions.

The DEFINE statement (with or without the keyword DEFINE) describes data fields within files or within working storage. Optionally, you can omit the DEFINE keyword when the field definitions immediately follow the associated FILE statement.

Jul 1, 1996 · Sample COBOL program using SQL statements.

In this section let’s see how few popular SQL statements like SELECT, INSERT, UDPATE DELETE can be used in our COBOL-DB2 Program. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. SQLSEL. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS-EMPL. 05 WS-EMPL-ID PIC X (05). 05 WS-EMPL-NAME PIC X (15).

Below is an example of how to code SQL statements to set a working storage field to CURRENT TIMESTAMP in a Easytrieve program.

specifies data fields within a file or within working storage. You can generate DEFINE statements automatically by using the SQL INCLUDE or IDD statements.

Every COBOL program containing embedded SQL must have an SQL Communications Area (SQLCA) or the field SQLCODE defined in its Working-Storage Section. This definition is normally accomplished by including the SQLCA copybook provided with your COBOL system.

Jul 15, 2003 · Does SQL have an equivalent of COBOL's Working-Storage Section? I am trying to do a number of things in SQL, which are are causing me lots of trouble, that in COBOL would be simple. For example, I have a CHAR(8) field containg a number ie digits in all positions.

Mar 10, 2012 · You could store this as a bitfield and then use boolean logic operators to retrieve the values. for example: [field1] [varchar](max) NOT NULL, [field2] [varchar](max) NOT NULL, [bitfield] [int] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_testBF_bitfield] DEFAULT ((0)) Then for selects: CASE WHEN (bitfield & 1) = 1 THEN 'monday ' ELSE '' END + .

For such fields, Migration Utility expands special code that prepares fields in working storage before they are accessed. Examples These examples show some variations of possible field definitions.