X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC76D1B49A for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:45:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 80889-04 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:45:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from net2.micro-automation.com (net2.micro-automation.com [64.7.141.29]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF872D1B456 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:44:58 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 25345 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2003 16:44:37 -0000 Received: from dcdsl.ebox.com (HELO ?192.168.1.36?) (davec@64.7.143.116) by net2.micro-automation.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 2003 16:44:37 -0000 Subject: Re: ecpg in Version 7.4 From: Dave Cramer Reply-To: pg@fastcrypt.com To: Paul Tilles Cc: "pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org" In-Reply-To: <3FD4BA91.57BABFDD@noaa.gov> References: <3FD4BA91.57BABFDD@noaa.gov> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Cramer Consulting Message-Id: <1071074677.1664.107.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 10 Dec 2003 11:44:37 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200312/32 X-Sequence-Number: 4641 Paul, It supports the $ notation, as well as many of the conversion functions. have a look at the compatlib/informix.c file for the functions supported. It also inherits some of the informix idiosyncrasies, such as not requiring indicator variables to mark null's I also have a port of the backend which inherits even more informixish behavior, such as rowid, datetime types, etc. Dave On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 12:53, Paul Tilles wrote: > The Release Notes for version 7.4 contain an entry under "Miscellaneous > Interface Changes" which says > > Add Informix compatibility to ECPG > This allows ECPG to process embedded C programs that were written using > CERTAIN INFORMIX EXTENSIONS > > Could we get a list of these Informix extensions? > > Thanx, > Paul Tilles > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > >