Presented by:

Tim O’Brien
Senior Systems Engineer
Fujitsu Software Corporation

Data Access in the .NET

Environment
Fujitsu Software Corporation

Customer Training Series

Fujitsu Computer Systems

Data Access in the .NET Environment
■ Types of file I/O available

■ .NET file I/O classes

■ SQL in the .NET Environment

■ ADO.NET

■ Create a COBOL application using standard

COBOL file I/O

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Data Access in the .NET Environment
(Cont…)
■ Create a COBOL application using .NET data
streaming classes

■ Create a COBOL application using SQL

■ Create a COBOL application using ADO.NET

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Types of file I/O available
■ Traditional Standard COBOL file I/O is available
– Sequential, Relative and Indexed file I/O

■ .NET provides data streaming classes for file I/O

that are accessible from COBOL

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Types of file I/O available (Cont…)

■ Embedded SQL is supported for ODBC access

■ ADO.NET classes are available to COBOL

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.NET file I/O classes
■ Found in System.IO.File namespace

■ Complete set of functions for manipulating the

file system

■ Provides support for creating, managing and

deleting files and directories

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SQL in the .NET environment
■ Embedded SQL may be coded directly in
COBOL programs

■ Both static and dynamic SQL are supported

■ Makes use of ODBC to access data sources at

runtime

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ADO.NET
■ Preferred mechanism for accessing relational
databases

■ Technology focus on scalability, performance,

and interoperability on multiple platforms

■ Implements a disconnected data access

architecture

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ADO.NET (Cont…)
■ Integrated with XML

■ Grouped in content component classes and

managed provider classes to separate data
manipulation from database access

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ADO.NET (Cont…)
■ Content components encapsulate data and
consist of DataSet, DataTable, DataColumn,
DataRow, DataView, and DataRelation classes

■ Managed provider classes provide the actual

connection to the database being accessed
along with data reader and data adapter classes

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ADO.NET Diagram

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Standard COBOL file I/O
■ Illustrate that standard traditional COBOL file I/O is
available in the .NET environment

■ Create a COBOL Class

■ Read a Sequential file

■ Show the difference between Static and Instance

Methods accessing files

■ Implement Exception Handling

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DEMO

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.NET data streaming classes
■ Illustrate that .NET data streaming classes are
accessible from COBOL

■ Create a sequential file

■ Write data to the new file (StreamWriter)

■ Read data back from the new file

(StreamReader)

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Demo

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COBOL application using SQL
■ Illustrate that embedded SQL is available
from COBOL
■ Illustrate how to set up an ODBC data
source
■ Create, Load and Read a table in
Microsoft Access
■ Display the data retrieved to the console

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Demo

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COBOL application using ADO.NET

■ Illustrate that ADO.NET is available from

COBOL
■ Illustrate how to set up an ADO.NET
connection
■ Access a table in SQL Server retrieving
data
■ Display the data retrieved to the console

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Demo

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Questions

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