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Can Pro*C use long datatypes in 8.1.5?

From: <Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 07:16:29 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002A8EBD.20010202072023@fatcity.com>

We are migrating some 7.3.4 databases to 8.1.5. I thought that long datatypes were desupported in 8.1.5.

Our developers are having trouble with some of their code that does uploads and downloads. I really don't know much about Pro*C but see several uses of long datatypes in their package.

Can someone tell me whether this Pro*C function call will still work within 8.1.5?

int DATABASE_SYSMSG_Write (char type, long error_number, char *error_msg,

                           char *location, char *s1, char *s2, char *s3,
                           char *s4, char *s5, char *s6)
{

   int ret = 0;

        /* If the arguments include null pointers, set them to something
           so segmentation violation won't occur.
        */
        if (! s1) s1 = " ";
        if (! s2) s2 = " ";
        if (! s3) s3 = " ";
        if (! s4) s4 = " ";
        if (! s5) s5 = " ";
        if (! s6) s6 = " ";

 EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
      VARCHAR vtype[2];
      int     verror_number;
      VARCHAR verror_msg[81];
      char   *vlocation;
      int     vsql_error;
      VARCHAR vsql_msg[81];
      VARCHAR vs1[81];
      VARCHAR vs2[81];
      VARCHAR vs3[81];
      VARCHAR vs4[81];
      VARCHAR vs5[81];
      VARCHAR vs6[81];

   EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;    vtype.len = 1;
   vtype.arr[0] = type;
   verror_number = error_number;
   vsql_error = DATABASE_sql_num;
   vsql_msg.len = sprintf ((char *)vsql_msg.arr, "%s", DATABASE_sql_msg);    vlocation = location;
   verror_msg.len = sprintf ((char *)verror_msg.arr, "%s", error_msg);
   vs1.len = sprintf ((char *)vs1.arr, "%s", s1);
   vs2.len = sprintf ((char *)vs2.arr, "%s", s2);
   vs3.len = sprintf ((char *)vs3.arr, "%s", s3);
   vs4.len = sprintf ((char *)vs4.arr, "%s", s4);
   vs5.len = sprintf ((char *)vs5.arr, "%s", s5);
   vs6.len = sprintf ((char *)vs6.arr, "%s", s6);

   EXEC SQL EXECUTE
      BEGIN
      Help_DeskPackage.AddBackendRecord (:vtype, :verror_number, :vsql_msg,
                                         :vsql_error, :vlocation, :verror_msg,
                                         :vs1, :vs2, :vs3, :vs4, :vs5, :vs6);
    END;
   END-EXEC;    if (sqlca.sqlcode)
      {
      ret = -1;
      }

   return (ret);
}

Thanks,

Cherie Machler
Gelco Information Network

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