Re: Using informix C-ISAM within Cobol programs...help needed!

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Fri, 9 Aug 91 14:18:06 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!trac2000!das From: das@trac2000.ueci.com (David Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases,alt.cobol,comp.lang.misc Message-ID: <1048@trac2000.ueci.com> Date: 8 Aug 91 12:29:29 GMT References: <1991Aug6.230131.23046@athena.cs.uga.edu> Organization: UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA In article <1991Aug6.230131.23046@athena.cs.uga.edu>, ravi@athena.cs.uga.edu (Ravi Vemuri) writes: > I am looking for help with the use of CISAM version 4.10 ISAM package supplied > by INFORMIX. Specifically, I am trying to use C-ISAM C language functions to > build ISAM files using COBOL. I suppose there is a way to call these routines > from within Cobol programs, but there is not enough documentation with me to > be able to do this. If someone has experience in this regard please send me > email so that I may follow this up with you personally. Yuck! Why are you using C-ISAM calls from within a COBOL program. (Why are you using COBOL? :-) Anyway, if I was using COBOL I would also be using ESQL/COBOL for database access. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ UE&C - Catalytic in Philadelphia, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das INTERNET: das@trac2000.ueci.com