Re: Connecting through COBOL

From: Jos Groenland <josg_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: 1996/01/05
Message-ID: <4ciqkv$l5u_at_news.xs4all.nl>#1/1


jhostett_at_host1.redrose.net wrote:

>I have an application which is written in COBOL and accesses and Oracle
>database via SQL*net. My problem occurs when the program does not
>successfully connect to the database. The program just "hangs." I get no
>error messages back. I am using PRO*COBOL 1.6. Does anybody have any
>suggestions?
 

>Thanks,
 

>Jay Hostetter

I once had the same problem. It was caused by wrong compiler option for the Cobol compiler. Are you using MF cobol? Then there are some hints in the Oracle documentation. As far as I remember it was important to have an IBMCOMP option.

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 Jos Groenland              jos_groenland_at_compuware.com
 UNIFACE product manager
 Compuware Europe
Received on Fri Jan 05 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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