Re: Call Cobol from PL/SQL

From: Johan Wegener <xjw_at_xdde.xdk>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:10:20 +0200
Message-ID: <7pjgfs$srh$1@news101.telia.com>

fumi <fumi_at_tpts5.seed.net.tw> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:7pjffb$s4j$7_at_news.seed.net.tw...
>
> <michael_bialik_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:7n59fp$6pu$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Hi.
> >
> > Oracle 7.x - NO.
> > Oracle 8.x - YES ( look for EXTERNAL PROCEDURES definitions ).
> > You will have to create DLL's for NT os SL ( shared
> > libraries ) for UNIX.
> >
> > Good luck. Michael.
>
>
> No. COBOL is not supported.
> Oracle 8.0 supports only C.
> Oracle8i supports C and Java.

COBOL is a source level programming language. If the COBOL compiler/linker can output something in the correct format, these function would be callable via external procedures. As a test, if the COBOL compiler can create a library/DLL that is callable from a C program, that library/DLL would be callable from Oracle. The library/DLL type/format and function calling convention is important, not whether it was created using COBOL, Fortran, ADA or whatever.

Johan Received on Fri Aug 20 1999 - 07:10:20 CDT