Re: Question: Major Differences Between COBOL/400 and ILECOBOL

D,

ILE COBOL is very much like OPM COBOL. In most cases you would not see much difference except for a few new verbs. I don't remember if OPM COBOL had access to the INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS, but I know that I use them all the time in ILE COBOL. The biggest difference I can think of is that you can make your COBOL code more modular using the ILE, and not pay the performance hit in calls to a lot of smaller programs.

You _can_ do more with the ILE, but you don't have to. ILE, I believe, will let you do imbedded SQL, where OPM COBOL won't.

Most times you can simply re-designate your source code as CBLLE and compile as normal.

HTH,

Jim Essinger
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Student Loan Fund of Idaho

At 11:49 AM 10/7/2003, you wrote:

Hello,

I have been attempting to code COBOL/400 , however, when I've tried to find reference material I usually encounter examples of ILE COBOL instead of COBOL/400. Could you tell me what are the major differences? Are they similar but yet different?

I'm new to the AS400 and I'm trying to figure if I can us some ILE COBOL logic/examples in my COBOL/400 Programs. Another example, when I invoke "STRSQL" I can query by doing a "SELECT * " without having to use "INTO" and yet cannot do the same thing in embedded COBOL/ 400 embedded SQL, I'm just wondering why?

I hope you can help me iron out the differences. My goal is to work with COBOL/400 at this time, I'm just trying to reference the correct form. I appreciate any help you could give me. Thanks.

D Meza

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