Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:05:24 -0400
From: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [SQL] Embedded C++ with ecpg?
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Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> writes:
>>> What is the current status of (pre) compiling Embedded SQL in C++ programs?
>> I just asked Michael Meskes about that (had you put a support request
>> into Red Hat asking this?). 
> 
> Yes, and Red Hat's answer amounted to no answer at all. They merely repeated
> a subset of what I already knew, which is why I placed the support request
> in the first place.
> 
>> He says
>>
>> : There are some C++ constructs that ecpg doesn't parse well, but they are
>> : not that widely used afaik. Most of the code compiles cleanly. And
>> : people used to workaround by just putting the sql part in a different
>> : source file where they didn't need those constructs.
>> : 
>> : Some effort has been made to make ecpg C++ compliant, so most should
>> : work out of the box.
>>
> Thank you. I am glad to hear that. I imagine almost all my C++ constructs
> are pretty simple. And most of my SQL ones are, too.
> 
P.S.: I am pretty much able to compile my old C++ stuff. It probably will
not work right, but that is just a matter of subtle differences between DB2
and postgreSQL, and the differences between RHEL3 and RHEL5.

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