The Acu4GL on-line document is organized in the following manner:
Overview (this section)
This section offers an overview of this on-line document, an explanation of accessing data, an explanation of database concepts, and a lesson on how Acu4GL works.
After pointing you in the right direction for installing and setting up your Acu4GL RDBMS product, the Getting Started section shows you how to use the sql.acu program, as well as instructs you on using the Acu4GL demo program. Technical support information is also found in this section.
Data Dictionaries details all you should know about XFD files, which map COBOL records to database fields, and how to work with them.
This section tutors you on the use of directives, the optional comments that control how things look on the database side.
Invalid Data tells you about illegal COBOL data items, and what happens when they are stored in the database, as well as an explanation of invalid database items, and how they are translated into COBOL.
This section gives you an opportunity to work with COBOL by preparing and compiling a COBOL program.
New and Existing Database Files
The New and Existing Database Files section discusses default behavior, along with matching existing COBOL data to database data.
This section details compiler options and runtime configuration variables that can be used with the Acu4GL products.
Performance and Troubleshooting
The Performance and Troubleshooting section provides guidelines for improving system performance, and an alphabetical listing of compile-time error messages and recommended recovery procedures for each error.
Acu4GL for Informix Information
The Informix section instructs you on installing and setting up the Informix Acu4GL product, discusses Informix technical specifications, and provides troubleshooting options.
Acu4GL for Microsoft SQL Server Information
This section presents you with an overview of Microsoft SQL Server concepts, instructs you on installing and setting up the Microsoft SQL Server Acu4GL product, details the RDBMS's technical specifications, and also tells you about troubleshooting options.
This section provides you with an overview of Oracle concepts, instructs you on installing and setting up the Oracle Acu4GL product, gives you the RDBMS's technical specifications, and also lists troubleshooting options.
The ODBC section gives you an overview of ODBC concepts, instructs you on installing and setting up the ODBC Acu4GL product, informs you of the RDBMS's technical specifications, and discusses troubleshooting options.
This section presents you with an overview of Sybase concepts, instructs you on installing and setting up the Sybase Acu4GL product, and lists the RDBMS's technical specifications, as well as troubleshooting options.
Acu4GL for DBMaker Information
This DBMaker appendix presents you with an overview of its concepts, instructs you on installing and setting up the DBMaker Acu4GL product, and lists the RDBMS's technical specifications, as well as troubleshooting options. .