Re: Pro*Fortran (possibly other Pro's) SQLEMC

In my earlier posting, there was a mistake. Where is says, CHARACTER*70, please read CHARACTER*1 (70) and where it says LOGICAL*70, please read LOGICAL*1 (70).
Thanks to Richard Maine at NASA for pointing this out.

Peter Lanore wrote in message <71vc1e$rdr$1_at_lore.eur.sprynet.com>...
>When using embedded SQL in Fortran programs, I note that the Precompiled
>code stores the error message text (SQLEMC) as a LOGICAL*70 rather than a
>CHARACTER*70. Internal documentation indicates this is because some
>compilers had difficulty with character data in a COMMON block. However,
>this seems to destroy most of the display usability of this variable.
>
>I can get valid error message text by converting the LOGICAL*70 back to a
>CHARACTER*70 in between precompile and compile (note: my compiler doesn't
>balk at the 70 character string), but I'd like to know if there is either
>(a) a simple way to make the conversion inside the program or better yet
>make a change to the SQLCA or other file so that it will read it in as a
>CHARACTER instead of LOGICAL.
>
>Machine is SUN 5.2, Compiler is F77-4.0 (found that SparcCompiler F90 is
not
>Pro*Fortran compat).
>
>Email prefered
>
>Peter W. LaNore
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 06 1998 - 19:54:01 CET