Re: Pro*C and Reserved Words (Help)

From: Tim Boemker <tim_boemker_at_zacatecas.optimum.com>
Date: 1995/06/07
Message-ID: <3r4lsh$7ln_at_jalisco.optimum.net>#1/1


In article <sza1vk7QB4VB083yn_at_medcal1.csustan.edu> JCL_at_medcal1.csustan.edu (John Landers) writes:

> This may sound a little off but some legavy programs name some fields
> in a table as begin and end. These are date fields. The problem comes when a pro*c
> program tries to precompile and see the begin & end fields but thinks they are
> part of a PL/SQL function

In many circumstances, it's possible to quote a name. For example, I can create a table with a column named uid (a reserved word) if I say "uid" number... Perhaps the same approach will work with Pro*C.

Tim Boemker
Optimum Group
(513) 577-7785 Received on Wed Jun 07 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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