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Embedding SQL Statements

Requirements

To embed an SQL statement in a COBOL program, you must:

• Place the statement in the proper division of the program
• Observe COBOL margin requirements (columns 8 to 72)
• Use statement delimiters

Options

You can use SQL conventions to:

• Continue an SQL statement on the next line
• Insert comments in an SQL statement

You can use a precompiler-directive statement to copy SQL statements in a module from the dictionary into the program.

Note: SQL statements cannot be embedded using the COBOL INCLUDE or BASIS statement.