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Re: EXEC SQL FREE :the_cursor & PCC-S-02322

From: Alex Vinokur <alexander.vinokur_at_telrad.co.il>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 09:02:52 GMT
Message-ID: <7uc3br$jqn$1@nnrp1.deja.com>


Thank you very much for your answers.
However it does't work.
I can't compile EXEC SQL FREE sss_cursor/:sss_cursor/:sss_cursor_name without error messages.

	Thanks,
	Alex


In article <3806177A.2BB86789_at_bloomberg.net>,   kagel_at_bloomberg.net wrote:
[snip]
> AHHH, I see the problem. In Informix ESQL/C the cursor, sss_cursor,
is NOT a
> host variable it is a hard coded cursor name, I'm sure that Oracle
> Pro*C is the same. If the cursor is declared, as you did above, as:
>
> EXEC SQL DECLARE sss_cursor CURSOR FOR .....
>
> then the FREE statement is:
>
> EXEC SQL FREE sss_cursor;

In this case I have got as following :


Syntax error at line 18, column 16, file zzz.pc: Error at line 18, column 16 in file zzz.pc

        EXEC SQL FREE sss_cursor; // Line#18 ...............1
PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol "sss_cursor" when expecting one of the follo
wing:

   :
The symbol ":" was substituted for "sss_cursor" to continue.

Error at line 0, column 0 in file zzz.pc PCC-F-02102, Fatal error while doing C preprocessing


>
> However, at least in Informix ESQL/C and perhaps in Pro*C also, you
MAY
> declare a string type host variable and assign a cursor name to it and
use
> that in BOTH the DECLARE and FREE, thus:
>
> EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
> char sss_curs_name[20];
> EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
>
> strcpy( sss_curs_name, "sss_cursor" );
> EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR ....;
> ::::::
> EXEC SQL FREE :sss_curs_name;
>

In this case I have got the following error message :


Syntax error at line 15, column 19, file zzz.pc: Error at line 15, column 19 in file zzz.pc

        EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR sss_exec; // Line #15

..................1

PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol ":" when expecting one of the following:

   an identifier, a quoted string, count, avg, max, min, sum,    stddev, variance,

Syntax error at line 15, column 53, file zzz.pc: Error at line 15, column 53 in file zzz.pc

        EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR sss_exec; // Line #15

....................................................1
PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:

   : ) [ ] / . an identifier, a numeric constant,

Error at line 0, column 0 in file zzz.pc PCC-F-02102, Fatal error while doing C preprocessing


> Of course you CAN mix these two as the host variable sss_curs_name
just
> holds the actual cursor name you CAN use the actual cursor name OR the
> hostname preceeded, as always, by a colon. So:
>
> EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
> char sss_curs_name[20];
> EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
>
> strcpy( sss_curs_name, "sss_cursor" );
> EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR ....;
> ::::::
> EXEC SQL FREE sss_cursor;

Also error message :


Syntax error at line 15, column 19, file zzz.pc: Error at line 15, column 19 in file zzz.pc

        EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR sss_exec; // Line #15

..................1

PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol ":" when expecting one of the following:

   an identifier, a quoted string, count, avg, max, min, sum,    stddev, variance,

Syntax error at line 15, column 53, file zzz.pc: Error at line 15, column 53 in file zzz.pc

        EXEC SQL DECLARE :sss_curs_name CURSOR FOR sss_exec; // Line #15

....................................................1
PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:

   : ) [ ] / . an identifier, a numeric constant,

Syntax error at line 0, column 0, file zzz.pc: Error at line 0, column 0 in file zzz.pc PCC-S-02201, Encountered the symbol "<eof>" when expecting one of the following:

   ; : an identifier, end-exec, random_terminal

Error at line 0, column 0 in file zzz.pc PCC-F-02102, Fatal error while doing C preprocessing



>
> Should work as well.
>
> Art S. Kagel

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