Re: ESQL/C question

Posted in 1998

Peter Lancashire — Wed, 01 Apr 1998 17:38:59 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

KPonn wrote: > > Hi > > I am trying to fetch a Decimal(16,4) field into Some_variable with Indicator. I > am getting error -1223 > > Ex: Fetch sel_cur into :x indicator :y > > In C, what type should x (double, float, int etc ????) be ? Can I use > Indicator variables for decimal fields ? > > Thanks for your help. See the manual, it tells you to EXEC SQL include decimal; and then use the type dec_t to create a decimal type. If you really want a C type, use double. The error is telling you the value will not fit in a C float. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk --- My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.co.uk/