This guide describes how to use 
		Database Connectors interfaces to access information stored in supported relational database management systems. It explains how to describe data in your COBOL programs and how to handle differences in the field names and data types that are passed between COBOL and the database engine. 
	 
 
	 Note:  Unless otherwise indicated, the references to 
		
Windows in this Guide refer to the following versions of Windows operating systems: 
		
 
		  - Windows XP 
		  
 
 
		  - Windows Vista 
		  
 
 
		  - Windows 7 
		  
 
 
		  - Windows 2003 
		  
 
 
		  - Windows 2007 
		  
 
 
		  - Windows 2008 R2 
		  
 
		  - Windows 8
		  
 
		  - Windows 2012
		  
 
 
		
When necessary to make a distinction among the individual versions of those operating systems, specific version numbers may be used.