Accessing c-tree files through SQL from the COBOL Program
The COBOL programs can access c-tree SQL database in two ways.
•	Using standard COBOL i-o statements. 
This is the same approach used for the standard isCOBOL ISAM Server. The following configuration property must be set:
iscobol.file.index=ctreej  | 
•	Using Embedded SQL. 
For this approach Veryant suggests that you use the official JDBC driver installed along with c-tree.
 
The ctreeJDBC.jar library must appear in the CLASSPATH and the following settings are necessary in the configuration:
iscobol.jdbc.driver=ctree.jdbc.ctreeDriver iscobol.jdbc.url=jdbc:ctree:6597@localhost:  | 
Where localhost and 6597 are ip-address and port on which the SQL Server is listening.
 
Then, from the COBOL program:
exec sql connect to 'ctreeSQL' user 'admin' using 'ADMIN' end-exec.  | 
Where ctreeSQL is the name of the database and admin/ADMIN are user and password.