ID Number: Q72943
1.10 1.11 4.20
OS/2
Summary:
SYMPTOMS
When running an Embedded SQL for COBOL MS-DOS application that
either links with COBLIB or is compiled into a .GNT file, the
program reports the following error:
R6009 - out of environment space
CAUSE
The COBOL run-time system, either COBLIB or the Micro Focus
resident run-time system, needs to know at startup how much memory
should be freed back to the application for use by non-COBOL code.
Since the library that handles the SQL Server connections was
written in C, it is not allowed any memory for dynamic allocation
at run time. When this library attempts to allocate memory for
connection and query management, it fails and returns the error
listed above.
RESOLUTION
The environment variable COBPOOL will tell the run-time system how
much memory to leave the program for non-COBOL functions. This
variable is documented in the "Microsoft COBOL Operating Guide" and
indicates how many kilobytes of memory should be freed. This number
will depend on the number of connections in the program as well as
query size. The following command will work for a very small
program such as SQLDOS, which shipped with the Embedded SQL for
COBOL package:
SET COBPOOL=10
This allows 10K to be used for non-COBOL functions, such as the
Embedded SQL for COBOL functions that need to dynamically allocate
memory.
Additional reference words: Embedded SQL for COBOL