Re: Any Pro*C/C++ users out there?

From: Ramon F Herrera <ramon_at_conexus.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:24:08 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <0a44a662-9e84-4702-bd7a-bb0e7d1767aa_at_v36g2000yqv.googlegroups.com>

On Sep 7, 11:09 am, Ramon F Herrera <ra..._at_conexus.net> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 10:57 am, Maxim Demenko <mdeme..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> > > I have a new question. I took a C program that precompiled, compiled,
> > > linked and executed perfectly.
>
> > > Now I am trying to convert it into a C++ program.
>
> > > My current problem is that the following four variables are not
> > > recognized by the C++ precompiler:
>
> > > varchar         username[UNAME_LEN];
> > > varchar         password[PWD_LEN];
>
> > > EXEC SQL CONNECT :username IDENTIFIED BY :password;
>
> > > int howMany;
> > > varchar table_name[SOME_SIZE];
>
> > > EXEC SQL SELECT COUNT(1) INTO :howMany FROM user_tables WHERE
> > > table_name = :table_name;
>
> > > It seems like the variables embedded into the EXEC SQL statements need
> > > a different syntax?
>
> > > TIA,
>
> > > -Ramon
>
>  > I'm not a c/c++ developer by any means
>
> By your answers, it seems to me like you are a more competent C++
> developer than myself. :-)
>
> You are absolutely right, that was indeed the problem.
>
> Now I have a new one, to be posted next.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ramon

I am glad to report that I am very close to building my first nontrivial  C++ program.

I began with a complex, operational C program.

The only issues left are conversions from "char *" to "unsigned char *". My guess is that I should change all my strings to C++ string type.

-Ramon Received on Mon Sep 07 2009 - 10:24:08 CDT