INFORMIX-ESQL/C Programmer's Manual ESQL/C Function Library

The stcat() function concatenates one null-terminated string to the end of another.

void stcat(s,  dest)

	char  *s,  *dest;

 



s

is a pointer to the start of the string that stcat() places at the end of the destination string. 


dest  

is a pointer to the start of the null-terminated destination string. 

This sample program is in the stcat.ec file in the demo directory.

/*
* stcat.ec *

This program uses stcat() to append user input to a SELECT statement.
*/

#include <stdio.h>

/*
* Declare a variable large enough to hold
* the select statement + the value for customer_num entered from the terminal.
*/
char selstmt[80] = "select fname, lname from customer where customer_num = ";

main()
{
char custno[11];

printf("STCAT Sample ESQL Program running.\n\n");

printf("Initial SELECT string:\n '%s'\n", selstmt);

printf("\nEnter Customer #: ");
gets(custno);

/*
* Add custno to "select statement"
*/
printf("\nCalling stcat(custno, selstmt)\n");
stcat(custno, selstmt);
printf("SELECT string is:\n '%s'\n", selstmt);

printf("\nSTCAT Sample Program over.\n\n");
}

STCAT Sample ESQL Program running.

Initial SELECT string:
'select fname, lname from customer where customer_num = '

Enter Customer #: 104

Calling stcat(custno, selstmt)
SELECT string is:
'select fname, lname from customer where customer_num = 104'

STCAT Sample Program over.