ECPG: include sqlca

Michael wrote:

I just got a bug report that originated in the programmer not knowing he had
to include sqlca to use whenever. When I told him he asked me why it isn't
included automatically. Now that's a tricky question. :-)

I do know that Oracle also asks the programmer to include
sqlca, but how
about other DBs? Infromix? Sybase? DB2? Does anyone know that?

Informix includes
#include <sqlhdr.h>
#include <sqliapi.h>
automatically.

sqlhdr.h then includes sqlca, sqlda, locator.h and most of the other headers.

Andreas

Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:

Michael wrote:

I just got a bug report that originated in the programmer not knowing he had
to include sqlca to use whenever. When I told him he asked me why it isn't
included automatically. Now that's a tricky question. :-)

I do know that Oracle also asks the programmer to include
sqlca, but how
about other DBs? Infromix? Sybase? DB2? Does anyone know that?

Informix includes
#include <sqlhdr.h>
#include <sqliapi.h>
automatically.

sqlhdr.h then includes sqlca, sqlda, locator.h and most of the other headers.

Also, we are allowed to be better than other databases. I recommend
auto-include, perhaps with a message to the user.

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On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:45:44AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:

sqlhdr.h then includes sqlca, sqlda, locator.h and most of the other headers.

Also, we are allowed to be better than other databases. I recommend
auto-include, perhaps with a message to the user.

Very valid point. I will commit this in a few minutes.

Michael
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