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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Cobol

History
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was one of the earliest high-level programming languages. It was developed in 1959 by a group of computer professionals called the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL). Since 1959 it has undergone several modifications and improvements. In an attempt to overcome the problem of incompatibility between different versions of COBOL, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developed a standard form of the language in 1968. This version was known as American National Standard (ANS) COBOL. In 1974, ANSI published a revised version of (ANS) COBOL, containing a number of features that were not in the 1968 version. In 1985, ANSI published still another revised version that had new features not in the 1974 standard. The language continues to evolve today. Object-oriented COBOL is a subset of COBOL 97, which is the fourth edition in the continuing evolution of ANSI/ISO standard COBOL. COBOL 97 includes conventional improvements as well as object-oriented features. Like the C++ programming language, object-oriented COBOL compilers are available even as the language moves toward standardization.

The following links will give you more about the cobol.

ibmmainframes
geekinterview
csis.ul.ie
wikipedia

Cobol reference books

The Essentials of Cobol I (Essential Series) (Paperback)
by Ruknet Cezzar (Author)

Fundamentals of Structured Cobol (Paperback)
by Robert C. Nickerson (Author)

Fundamentals of Structured Cobol (Paperback)
by Robert C. Nickerson (Author)

Handbook of Cobol Techniques and Programming Standards

COBOL for Dummies Quick Reference (Paperback)
by John W. Fronckowiak (Author)

Murach's Structured COBOL (Bk/CD)

Mastering Cobol
By Carol Baroudi

Structured Programming With Cobol Examples
By Earl H. Parsons

COBOL for OS/390 Power Programming
By David Shelby Kirk

A Simplified Guide to Structured Cobol Programming
By Daniel D. McCracken, Donald G. Golden

Introduction to Object COBOL
By E. Reed Duke

COBOL Unleashed By Jon Wessler

Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours (Paperback)
by Thane Hubbell (Author)

Advanced Structured Cobol : M. B. Khan, Marle P. Martin

Structured COBOL programming‎
by Nancy B. Stern, Robert A. Stern

The programmer's ANSI COBOL reference manual‎
by Donald A. Sordillo

Fundamentals of structured COBOL programming‎
by Carl Feingold

Saturday, May 2, 2009

SQL Basics

SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases.
SQL stands for Structured Query Language
SQL lets you access and manipulate databases
SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard
What Can SQL do?
SQL can execute queries against a database
SQL can retrieve data from a database
SQL can insert records in a database
SQL can update records in a database
SQL can delete records from a database
SQL can create new databases
SQL can create new tables in a database

SQL can create stored procedures in a database
SQL can create views in a database
SQL can set permissions on tables, procedures, and views

See the following SQL Links
http://www.w3schools.com/Sql/sql_intro.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL
http://sqlcourse.com/
http://sqlzoo.net/
http://www.jcc.com/sql.htm
http://www.sql-tutorial.net/
http://www.1keydata.com/sql/sql.html
http://www.sqlmag.com/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2207/sql1.html
http://www.sql-ex.ru/
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql.html
http://www.mysql.com/
http://www.firstsql.com/tutor.htm
http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahux.html
http://www.tizag.com/sqlTutorial/
http://www.baycongroup.com/tocsql.htm
http://www.dbbm.fiocruz.br/class/Lecture/d17/sql/jhoffman/sqltut.html
http://www.sqlcommands.net/
http://www.webappsec.org/projects/threat/classes/sql_injection.shtml
http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tutorials/sql/index.php3
http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/SQL_FAQ
http://databases.about.com/od/sql/a/sqlfundamentals.htm
http://www.sqlquiz.com/
http://www.quackit.com/sql/tutorial/
http://cas.sdss.org/dr7/en/help/docs/sql_help.asp
http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/c1164.htm
http://www.sqlrecipes.com/
http://www.sqltraining.org/
http://www.fluffycat.com/SQL/
http://datasplash.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/sequoia/dba/montage/FAQ/SQL_TOC.html
http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html
http://www.mckoi.com/database/SQLSyntax.html