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Document Structure

This manual is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, Program Organization and Structure, describes the structure

and organization of an HP COBOL database program, and explains how you

compile, link, and run your program.

• Chapter 2, Database Programming Elements of HP COBOL, describes

elements of the HP COBOL language that support database programming.

• Chapter 3, Data Division, describes logical and physical concepts of the Data

Division in relation to database programs.

• Chapter 4, Procedure Division, describes statements, names, rules, and

conditions used in the Procedure Division of an HP COBOL database

program.

• Chapter 5, Database Programming with HP COBOL, describes HP COBOL

for OpenVMS database program development and HP COBOL database

concepts.

• Chapter 6, DML Programming—Tips and Techniques, describes tips and

techniques you can use to improve program performance and reduce

development and debugging time.

• Chapter 7, Debugging and Testing HP COBOL DML Programs, describes

commands and generic DML statements you use to debug and test your

COBOL program’s DML statements.

• Chapter 8, Database Programming Examples, provides examples of how you

populate and manipulate a database.

• Appendix A, COBOL Database Programming Reserved Words, lists COBOL

reserved words related to HP COBOL database programming, and those

shared by database programs and other programs.

• Glossary of Oracle DBMS-Related Terms, provides a glossary of terms related

to HP COBOL database programs.