Re: ESQL-C and C++: Compatible?
Posted in 1992
Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL
>>>>> On 29 Oct 92 18:24:11 GMT, ric@updike (Richard Steinberger) said: > I am overseeing the development of some software that will use Informix > ESQL-C. I would like to ask our programmers to try using C++ (on SUN > SPARCSTATIONS) instead of C. Since we haven't used ESQL-C before, I don't > know whether this is possible. I would be interested in hearing comments > about this strategy. Is it possible? Thanks in advance. Save yourself problems from the get go and embed the SQL in C functions that you then call from the C++ functions. This will insulate you from changing C++ standards, SQL standards, compiler versions, and DBMSes. -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. davidm@consilium.com Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "Oh dear, now I've made a terrible mess of things. And all I wanted to do was rule the universe." -- Dr. Zachary Smith