Coexistence General information
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Interface suitability
The COBOL-DML or CALL-DML interface is typically used for
– high-end OLTP applications and extremely performance-critical application s (Online
Transaction Processing) and
– special applications that run especially efficien tly with network structures, e.g. parts list
processing.
The SQL interface is generally used in the following application areas:
– object-oriented database systems
– client/server applications
– data warehousing
– applications that are to be portable and comply with standards,
– 4GL programming with DRIVE (4th Generation Language) and
– COBOL programs that are to access databases.