Re: Global namespace and OCI functions

On 1 Mar 2006 03:05:50 -0800, "Herode" <cbrun_at_geomapgis.com> wrote:

>You're right... :o)
>For ligne 155 ==
>::OCIDateGetDate( dt, &year, &month, &day );
>
>the error messages are :
>D:\Dev\CPP\testOCI\TestDynaset.cpp(155) : error C2589: '{' : illegal
>token on right side of '::'
>D:\Dev\CPP\testOCI\TestDynaset.cpp(155) : error C2143: syntax error :
>missing ';' before '::'
>D:\Dev\CPP\testOCI\TestDynaset.cpp(155) : error C2143: syntax error :
>missing ';' before '{'

 OCIDateGetDate is not a global function, it's a macro, see the definition in oci/include/orl.h. As a result, putting "::" in front of it causes syntax errors once it's been expanded.

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