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From: eric@cinnet.com (Eric Bardes)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Informix messages in ESQL/C
Summary: Undocumented feature with the sqlca structure
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.083201.8860@cinnet.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 08:32:01 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.171305.16997@vision.uucp> <1991Mar14.195331.13206@informix.com>
Organization: Cincinnati Network, Cinti. OH
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>I have an application written with Informix's ESQL/C embedded SQL in C (not
>the 4GL product).  When an error occurs, the error number can be found from
>the sqlca structure (in sqlca.sqlcode).  What I would like to do is to be
>able to obtain the error text associated with that error number.

rgetmsg() often stores a '%s' to passed memory buffer.  The sqlerrm field
of the sqlca structure has, in every case I can think of, contained
the proper value for the %s.  Informix documentation says reserved for future
use.

It's useful, but use at your own confidence.

Eric