Preparation A DB2 program requires precompile, compile and bind. A non-DB2 program requires only compile.

these are steps to a DB2 Cobol compile 1) DB2 pre-compile. Creates the DBRMLIB entry 2) Compile. Compiles the code output from the pre-compile and creates an object module 3) Link edit. Takes the object module and creates an executable load module 4) Bind. Uses the DBRMLIB to bind to the SYSIBM tables