Re: embedded SQL cursos declare fails

OK, I have backed out that patch. Would you review that section of the
SGML and either commit a patch or send me one. Thanks.

> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:07:48PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, I have applied the following patch. Interestingly, the SGML code
> > marked this block as outdated, but didn't remove it for some reason.
>
> I'm afraid this patch is incorrect.
>
> > - <!--WARNING: FROM HERE ON THE TEXT IS OUTDATED!-->
>
> Don't know why this is said.
>
> > - <varlistentry>
> > - <term>Open cursor statement</term>
> > - <listitem>
> > - <para>
> > - An open cursor statement looks like:
> > - <programlisting>
> > - exec sql open <replaceable>cursor</replaceable>;
> > - </programlisting>
> > - and is ignore and not copied from the output.
> > - </para>
>
> This is partly correct. The OPEN statement is not copied. Instead the
> DECLARE statement is issued at the place of the OPEN statement since it
> opens the cursor too.
>
> > - A commit statement looks like
> > - <programlisting>
> > - exec sql commit;
>
> Thsi certainly exists.
>
> > - and is translated on the output to
> > - <programlisting>
> > - ECPGcommit(__LINE__);
>
> But the translation is not correct anymore.
>
> > - exec sql rollback;
> > - </programlisting>
> > - and is translated on the output to
> > - <programlisting>
> > - ECPGrollback(__LINE__);
>
> Same here.
>
> These functions have been combined to
> ECPGtrans(int lineno, const char *connection_name, const char *transaction)
>
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