Convert Cobol to Sql query

Question

I got a cobol query from client and I have to convert it to sql. I am new to cobol and I am not able to understand the whole thing. Any help is greatly appreciated.The code is given below.

!JOB ARSRCHAA,RPT/*.IVL;OUTCLASS=LP,1
!COMMENT  {PRNT$PRINTER      ?$}
!COMMENT  {PRI $PRIORITY     ?$}
!COMMENT  {CD1 $DATE         ?$}
!COMMENT  {CD2 $AMOUNT1      ?$}
!COMMENT  {CD3 $EXCLUDE      ?$}
!FILE QSLIST=ARSRCHAA;DEV={PRNT},{PRI}
!AQ
ENTER=GENLED2,FP,FP
S=ARAP-TRN

VVF VND-NO NE {CD3} AND TPE-SHP NE VX

F CONN ARAP-TRN.VND-NO TO ARAP-TOT.VND-NO; &
ARAP-TRN.VND-NO NE 0867,0249,3163,3193,3077,3263,5402,{CD3} &
AND ARAP-TRN.TPE-SHP NE VX &
REQ ARAP-TOT.VND-NO=ARAP-TRN.VND-NO

LP

R;H1,DATE,74;H2,TIME,74;H1,PAGENO,79;H1,"ARSRCHAA",8
H1,"NON-CLAIM AR'S BEFORE {CD1} ",50
H2,"FOR AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ${CD2}",50
H3,"Excludes-0867,0249,3163,3193,3077,3263,5402,{CD3}",55
H4,"ACCT     NAME         REG#     DESCRIP",38
H4,"LAST-DT   TRN#       NET  *COLL",79
H5,"*=On hold",13;H5,"c=Claim",62;H5,"Cr Bal=+",76
E1,"ZZ-ZZ-ZZ";E2,"ZZZ,ZZZ.99-";E3,"ZZZZ,ZZZ.99-"
E4,"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";E5,"ZZZZZZZZ";E6,"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
S,!DBTRAN(VNDR:DATE-INFO.IVL-DATE=TRN-DT, &
VNDR:DATE-INFO.REAL-DATE)
S1,REG-NO;S2,VND-NO
S3,!DBTRAN(VNDR:VENDOR.VND-NO=VND-NO,VNDR:VENDOR.DBA-NM)
R1,L,!DBTRAN(VNDR:DATE-INFO.IVL-DATE=TRN-DT, &
VNDR:DATE-INFO.REAL-DATE)
R3,L,{CD1}
R4,A,AMT
R5,L,1,IF !DBTRAN(REMARK:REG-COLLECT.REG-NO=REG-NO,REMARK:&
REG-COLLECT.STAT-CD) EQ OP
R6,L,1,IF NET-AMT LT 0
R7,L,1,IF &
!DBTRAN(ACTRN:TRN-INFO.TRN-NO=TRN-NO,ACTRN:TRN-INFO.TPE-CD)=CI,CC
R9,L,0
R9,L,1,IF R1 LE R3 AND R4 GT {CD2}00
R9,L,0,IF &
!DBTRAN(VNDR:VENDOR.VND-NO=VND-NO,VNDR:VENDOR.POINT-LOC)=ME,MF
R9,L,0,IF R7=1
R9,L,0,IF !DBTRAN(REMARK:REG-COLLECT.REG-NO=REG-NO,REMARK:&
REG-COLLECT.STAT-CD) EQ OP
T1,VND-NO,4,PIF R9=1
T1,"*",5,PIF R9=1 AND ARAP-TOT.A-STAT=HH
T1,!DBTRAN(VNDR:VENDOR.VND-NO=VND-NO,VNDR:VENDOR.DBA-NM),20,&
E6,PIF R9=1
T1,REG-NO,28,E5,PIF R9=1
T1,DESCRP,45,E4,PIF R9=1
T1,TRN-DT,55,E1,PIF R9=1
T1,TRN-NO,64,PIF R9=1
T1,"c",56,PIF R9=1 AND R7=1
T1,R4,75,E2,PIF R9=1
T1,"*",75,PIF R9=1 AND R5=1
T1,"+",76,PIF R9=1 AND R6=1
T1,REG-NO,78,COUNT,PIF R9=1
T1,R1
T1,R4
T1,R5
T1,R6
T1,R7
TF,"******** END OF REPORT ********",55
END

EXIT
!EOJ

I just need to convert this cobol query into sql query.Here ARAP-TRN is the main table, vendor-no and other similar things are column fields of the corresponding tables say for example,here the table is vendor.

This isn't COBOL. Looks more like some Assembler type language or macro facility. — NealB
This is not Cobol. This is a report writer of some kind. I'm trying to figure out which report writer. — Gilbert Le Blanc
Oh..Is it..I am unaware. I am trying to find out a solution to convert this into sql.. — shakz
Best I've been able to determine is this was run on a Gould/Systems Engineering Laboratories minicomputer. — Gilbert Le Blanc
The !JOB ARSRCHAA,RPT/*.IVL;OUTCLASS=LP,1 is job control language. As far as I know, SEL was the only company to use ! as a job control language identifier. — Gilbert Le Blanc

Gilbert Le Blanc Gilbert Le Blanc · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-25T14:03:14

I'm not familiar with this report writer, but here's my best guess.

There are 3 tables; VNDR, REMARK, and ACTRN.

VNDR has these columns; VND-NO, DBA-NM, IVL-DATE, REAL-DATE, POINT-LOC

REMARK has these columns; REG-NO, STAT-CD

ACTRN has these columns; TRN-NO, TPE-CD

ARAP-TRN is a transaction file that contains VND-NO, which is the key to VNDR. It also contains the fields REG-NO, DESCRP, TRN-DT, and TRN-NO. REG-NO is the key to REMARK. TRN-NO is the key to ACTRN.

ARAP-TOT is a total file. I'm assuming it's created outside of this report.

TPE-SHP, I'm guessing, is another column of either ARAP-TRN or ACTRN.

If anyone knows what report writer this is, please write your answer as a comment to my answer. I'd love to know.

Convert Cobol to Sql query

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