Preprocessing with gixsql adds uncompilable gnucobol code - preprocessor

Question

I recently started using gixsql for a project I am working on.
https://github.com/mridoni/gix/blob/main/doc/gixsql.md
I followed the examples in the readme, but when compiling with GnuCobol the sample TEST001.cbsql is not working:
TEST001.cbsql: in paragraph 'GIXSQL-CI-P-TEST001-EMPTBL':
TEST001.cbsql:394: error: syntax error, unexpected Identifier
TEST001.cbsql: in paragraph '100-EXIT':
TEST001.cbsql:383: error: 'GIX-SKIP-CRSR-INIT' is not defined
If I remove this generated code then the program compiles, although it removes an important section from the program and does not work properly. Just wondering what I might be doing wrong? I am following the example using GnuCobol to compile the preprocessed cobol to connect to a PostGres database.
cobc -x TEST001.cbsql -L /opt/gixsql/lib -lgixsql
Here is the generated section that is causing the compile issue:
GIXSQL*
GIXSQL* ESQL CURSOR DECLARATIONS (START)
GIXSQL GO TO GIX-SKIP-CRSR-INIT.
GIXSQL GIXSQL-CI-P-TEST001-EMPTBL.
GIXSQL CALL STATIC "GIXSQLCursorDeclare" USING
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE SQLCA
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE x"00"
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE "TEST001_EMPTBL" & x"00"
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE SQ0001
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL END-CALL
GIXSQL GIX-SKIP-CRSR-INIT.
GIXSQL*
GIXSQL* ESQL CURSOR DECLARATIONS (END)
Original cbl file is from the gixsql examples
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. TEST001.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-AT.
OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-AT.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
FILE-CONTROL.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
EXEC SQL
INCLUDE EMPREC
END-EXEC.
01 DBNAME PIC X(64).
01 DBAUTH PIC X(64).
01 T1 PIC 9(3) VALUE 0.
01 DISP-RATE PIC 9(15).
01 DISP-COM PIC 9(3).
01 DISP-CODE PIC 9(8).
01 FAKE-CHAR PIC X.
01 ANSS PIC X.
01 COM-NULL-IND PIC S9(4) COMP.
01 VARC PIC X(20).
01 VARD PIC X(20).
EXEC SQL
INCLUDE SQLCA
END-EXEC.
* declare cursor for select
EXEC SQL
DECLARE EMPTBL CURSOR FOR
SELECT
ENO,
LNAME,
FNAME,
STREET,
CITY,
ST,
ZIP,
DEPT,
PAYRATE,
COM,
MISCDATA
FROM EMPTABLE
ORDER BY LNAME
END-EXEC
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
000-CONNECT.
DISPLAY "DBNAME" UPON ENVIRONMENT-NAME.
ACCEPT DBNAME FROM ENVIRONMENT-VALUE.
DISPLAY "DBAUTH" UPON ENVIRONMENT-NAME.
ACCEPT DBAUTH FROM ENVIRONMENT-VALUE.
* DISPLAY '***************************************'.
* DISPLAY " DB : " DBNAME.
* DISPLAY " USER: " DBAUTH.
* DISPLAY '***************************************'.
EXEC SQL
CONNECT TO :DBNAME USER :DBAUTH
END-EXEC.
IF SQLCODE <> 0 THEN
DISPLAY 'SQLCODE. ' SQLCODE
DISPLAY 'SQLERRM. ' SQLERRM
GO TO 100-EXIT
END-IF.
100-MAIN.
EXEC SQL
START TRANSACTION
END-EXEC.
* open cursor
EXEC SQL
OPEN EMPTBL
END-EXEC
MOVE SQLCODE TO DISP-CODE
DISPLAY 'open ' DISP-CODE.
DISPLAY 'open ' SQLERRM.
* fetch a data item
EXEC SQL
FETCH EMPTBL INTO
:ENO,:LNAME,:FNAME,:STREET,:CITY,
:ST,:ZIP,:DEPT,:PAYRATE,
:COM,:MISCDATA
END-EXEC.
100-test.
MOVE SQLCODE TO DISP-CODE
DISPLAY 'fetch ' DISP-CODE
* loop until no more data
PERFORM UNTIL SQLCODE < 0 OR SQLCODE = 100
* display the record
MOVE PAYRATE TO DISP-RATE
MOVE COM TO DISP-COM
DISPLAY 'employee #: [' ENO ']'
DISPLAY 'last name : [' LNAME ']'
DISPLAY 'first name: [' FNAME ']'
DISPLAY 'street : [' STREET ']'
DISPLAY 'city : [' CITY ']'
DISPLAY 'state : [' ST ']'
DISPLAY 'zip code : [' ZIP ']'
DISPLAY 'department: [' DEPT ']'
DISPLAY 'payrate : [' PAYRATE ']'
DISPLAY 'commission: [' COM ']'
DISPLAY 'misc : [' MISCDATA-TEXT ']'
DISPLAY 'misc (len): [' MISCDATA-LEN ']'
IF COM-NULL-IND < 0
DISPLAY 'commission is null'
ELSE
DISPLAY 'commission ' DISP-COM
END-IF
* DISPLAY 'Do you want to see the next record? (y/n)'
* ACCEPT ANSS
* IF ANSS = 'Y' OR 'y'
EXEC SQL
FETCH EMPTBL INTO
:ENO,:LNAME,:FNAME,:STREET,:CITY,
:ST,:ZIP,:DEPT,:PAYRATE,
:COM,:MISCDATA
END-EXEC
* ELSE
* GO TO CLOSE-LOOP
* END-IF
MOVE SQLCODE TO DISP-CODE
DISPLAY 'fetch ' DISP-CODE
DISPLAY 'fetch ' SQLCODE
END-PERFORM
DISPLAY 'All records in this table have been selected'.
CLOSE-LOOP.
* close the cursor
EXEC SQL
CLOSE EMPTBL
END-EXEC.
100-EXIT.
STOP RUN.

Answer 1

With our Enterprise COBOL compiler I would expect a message along the lines of "A PERIOD WAS REQUIRED" - before starting a new section you have to end the previous sentence with a period ..
So try adding a period before GIX-SKIP-CRSR-INIT.:
GIXSQL GIXSQL-CI-P-TEST001-EMPTBL.
GIXSQL CALL STATIC "GIXSQLCursorDeclare" USING
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE SQLCA
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE x"00"
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE "TEST001_EMPTBL" & x"00"
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL BY REFERENCE SQ0001
GIXSQL BY VALUE 0
GIXSQL END-CALL
.
GIXSQL GIX-SKIP-CRSR-INIT.
But don't ask me why it isn't generated by your tool...