Re: ECPG and WHENEVER statements

[I'm still behind with my mail, so please take my spologies if this already
has been answererd.]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 12:56:29PM -0700, Matthew Denny wrote:
> In my ECPG code, I have a EXEC SQL WHENEVER NOT FOUND DO BREAK
> statement in order to end a cursor fetch loop when the cursor runs out of
> input tuples. Unfortunately, it appears ECPG puts such a conditional
> break statement after every SQL EXEC in the file and then throws an

No, only after statements that may result in NOT FOUND. For instance it is
not set after a cursor close statement.

> error if these subsequent statements are not in a switch or loop
> statement (which most of my INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE calls are not).
> Thus, I currently have to wrap all my INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
> calls in dummy switch statements. Is there a more elegant way
> (e.g. via another EXEC SQL WHENEVER statement) to toggle WHENEVER NOT
> FOUND DO BREAK at different points in the source file? A more elegnt
> solution would be greatly appreciated.

How about WHENEVER NOT FOUND BREAK before the loop and WHENEVER NOT FOUND
CONTINUE after it?

Michael
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