[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu Aug 12 14:07:08 EDT 2021


On 8/12/2021 1:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/12/21 12:59 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <471ad39c-dbd2-401a-bf3f-9eb3ab213c77n at googlegroups.com>, 
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?= <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:
>>> But it turns out the best way to interface to a relational DBMS is to 
>>> gener=
>>> ate SQL query strings. And for that, you need decent string handling, 
>>> with =
>>> facilities for format substitution, argument quoting and the like. 
>>> None of =
>>> which were envisaged in the original design of COBOL.

>> Rdb SQL precompiler?
> 
> Even GnuCOBOL has a precompiler for "EXEC SQL" statements.  Works like
> a charm.  I have used it many times.

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that a precompiler for
PostgreSQL and GNUCobol are available?

Arne




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