This user manual describes how to embed ADABAS calls in application programs written in the programming language COBOL, as defined by the American National Standard for Information Systems - Programming Language COBOL- ANSI X3.23-1985.
This manual contains an introduction to the concepts based on examples.
Complete examples are distributed together with the database installation kit.
Lists of the SQL statements and return codes are included for reference purposes. Messages and error codes are described in the manual Messages and Codes. The operating system dependencies are detailed in the platform-specific ADABAS User Manuals.
The syntax used for SQL statements is identical to the syntax in the Reference manual. To summarize, the following notation applies:
