COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

1989:2002. HP offers high-level standard COBOL 1985, portions of standard COBOL 2002,
and HP extensions.
Table 3 Required HP COBOL Modules and Their Levels
LevelModule
2Nucleus
2Sequential I-O
2Relative I-O
2Indexed I-O
2Inter-Program Communication
1Sort-Merge
2Source Text Manipulation
Table 4 Optional HP COBOL Modules and Their Levels
LevelModule
2 (partial)Segmentation*
1Debug*
1Intrinsic Function
NullReport Writer
NullCommunication
* The 1985 COBOL standard classifies this module as obsolete, so you are advised not to use it.
HP COBOL accepts the syntax for statements in all of these areas; however, certain statements do
not apply to NonStop system environments. In such cases, HP COBOL treats these statements as
comments after checking that the statements are syntactically correct.
Embedded SQL/MP
The HP COBOL embedded SQL/MP implementation conforms fully to the ANSI
Database—Embedded NonStop SQL Standard (ANSI X3.168-1989), with the restrictions and
extensions mentioned in SQL/MP Programming Manual for COBOL.
SQL/MP is compatible with every HP COBOL compiler (see Table 5).
Embedded SQL/MX
The HP COBOL embedded SQL/MX implementation conforms to SQL:1999 standards as described
in SQL/MX Reference Manual with the restrictions and extensions mentioned in SQL/MX
Programming Manual for C and COBOL.
SQL/MX is compatible with every HP COBOL compiler except COBOL85 (see Table 5).
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