Informix Host variables

Path: emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!purdue!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!evolving.com!gst From: gst@evolving.com Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1992Jan23.184337.81505@evolving.com> Date: 23 Jan 92 18:43:37 GMT Organization: Evolving Systems, Inc. Guys: One of the fields in a table I have is a 1 char field and use ESQL/C. When I insert a row into this table I use a host variable which is "$char xyz" which works just fine. But when I select it back from the table I cannot use "char xyz" but need to use "$char xyz[2]" to accomadate for the NULL byte. - For a 1 char field do I need to declare the host variable always as "$char xyz[2]"? When I use Informix 4gl "DEFINE xyz LIKE table.field", it declares the variable as "char xyz[2]" in the C code. Giri --------------------------------------------------------------- - Giri Tirumale || Evolving Systems, Inc. gst@evolving.com (303) 969-3336 FAX (303) 969-3399 ---------------------------------------------------------------