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ALLBASE/SQL COBOL Application Programming Guide

Preprocessor Modes 

You can use the preprocessor in two modes:

   1.  To check your SQL syntax.

   2.  To perform full preprocessing which includes SQL syntax checking,
       creating compilable output, storing a module in a DBEnvironment,
       and creating a file that contains an installable copy of the
       stored module.

As you develop the SQL portions of your COBOL programs, syntax checking
mode is quite useful.  Preprocessing is quicker in this mode than in full
preprocessing mode.  In addition, you can start debugging your SQL
commands before the DBEnvironment itself is in place.

Running the preprocessor in each of these modes is described later in the
chapter under "Invoking the COBOL Preprocessor."

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