SQL/MP Programming Manual for COBOL85

HP NonStop SQL/MP Programming Manual for COBOL85—429326-004
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About This Manual
This manual describes the NonStop SQL/MP programmatic interface for HP COBOL
for NonStop systems. Using this interface, a COBOL program can access a NonStop
SQL/MP database by using embedded SQL statements and directives.
Who Should Read This Guide
This manual is intended for application programmers who are embedding SQL/MP
statements and directives in a COBOL program. The reader should be familiar with
COBOL, NonStop SQL/MP terms and concepts (as described in the Introduction to
NonStop SQL/MP), and the HP NonStop operating system.
Related Manuals
The related manuals that an application programmer might find useful are:
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NonStop SQL/MP library
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Program development manuals
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Guardian system manuals
Table 1 describes the manuals in the NonStop SQL/MP library.
Table 1. NonStop SQL/MP Library (page 1 of 2)
Manual Description
Introduction to NonStop SQL/MP Introduces the NonStop SQL/MP relational
database management system.
SQL/MP Reference Manual Describes the NonStop SQL/MP language
elements, including expressions, functions,
commands, statements, SQLCI utilities and
commands, and report writer commands.
(This manual is the printed version of online
help.)
SQL/MP Messages Manual Describes error and warning numbers and
messages returned by NonStop SQL, the SQL
file system, and FastSort.
SQL/MP Query Guide Describes how to retrieve and modify data in a
NonStop SQL/MP database and how to analyze
and improve query performance.
SQL/MP Version Management Guide Describes the rules governing version
management for the NonStop SQL/MP software,
catalogs, objects, messages, programs, and data
structures.
* C30.07 manual; does not include D-series information.