Chapter 5 Building an ALLBASE/SQL\C Application in HP-UX

Table of Contents

How ALLBASE/SQL Programming Works

Creating a C Application in HP-UX

Coding the INCLUDE Statement
Coding the Host Variable Declarations
Coding the CONNECT and RELEASE Statements
Coding the SELECT Statement
Coding Statements to Display Data
Using the Preprocessor
Compiling and Linking the Program
Debugging the Program
Summary of Steps

Adding a Multiple Row SELECT Statement

Adding Additional Host Variable Declarations
Adding the Cursor Declaration
Adding a FETCH and Display Loop
Preprocessing and Compiling the Revised Application

Adding an Explicit Error Checking Routine

Coding the Routine
Creating an Error Condition for the Application
Testing the Error Checking Routine

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This chapter is a tutorial on building an ALLBASE/SQL application using the DBEnvironment MUSICDBE, which you created in the chapter "Setting up a Database with ISQL."




	NOTE: You must complete the tutorial "Setting up a Database with ISQL" at least through page 3-14 before you can complete this tutorial on application programming.

After an introductory section, which explains how programming works in ALLBASE/SQL, a set of tutorial sections steps you through the creation of a simple C application using MUSICDBE. The following are the sections in this chapter:

How ALLBASE/SQL Programming Works.
Creating an Embedded SQL C Application.
Adding a Multiple Row SELECT Statement.
Adding an Explicit Error Checking Routine.
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Chapter 5 Building an ALLBASE/SQL\C Application in HP-UX

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