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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/html/app-ecpg.html b/doc/src/sgml/html/app-ecpg.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d9f2c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/html/app-ecpg.html @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ecpg</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">ecpg</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-ECPG"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.8.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">ecpg</span></span></h2><p><span class="application">ecpg</span> — embedded SQL C preprocessor</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.8.4.1"><code class="command">ecpg</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>... </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-ECPG-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p> + <code class="command">ecpg</code> is the embedded SQL preprocessor for C + programs. It converts C programs with embedded SQL statements to + normal C code by replacing the SQL invocations with special + function calls. The output files can then be processed with any C + compiler tool chain. + </p><p> + <code class="command">ecpg</code> will convert each input file given on the + command line to the corresponding C output file. If an input file + name does not have any extension, <code class="filename">.pgc</code> is + assumed. The file's extension will be replaced + by <code class="filename">.c</code> to construct the output file name. + But the output file name can be overridden using the + <code class="option">-o</code> option. + </p><p> + If an input file name is just <code class="literal">-</code>, + <code class="command">ecpg</code> reads the program from standard input + (and writes to standard output, unless that is overridden + with <code class="option">-o</code>). + </p><p> + This reference page does not describe the embedded SQL language. + See <a class="xref" href="ecpg.html" title="Chapter 36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C">Chapter 36</a> for more information on that topic. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.6"><h2>Options</h2><p> + <code class="command">ecpg</code> accepts the following command-line + arguments: + + </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Automatically generate certain C code from SQL code. Currently, this + works for <code class="literal">EXEC SQL TYPE</code>. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> + Set a compatibility mode. <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em> can + be <code class="literal">INFORMIX</code>, + <code class="literal">INFORMIX_SE</code>, or <code class="literal">ORACLE</code>. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>symbol</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> + Define a C preprocessor symbol. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Process header files. When this option is specified, the output file + extension becomes <code class="literal">.h</code> not <code class="literal">.c</code>, + and the default input file extension is <code class="literal">.pgh</code> + not <code class="literal">.pgc</code>. Also, the <code class="option">-c</code> option is + forced on. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Parse system include files as well. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> + Specify an additional include path, used to find files included + via <code class="literal">EXEC SQL INCLUDE</code>. Defaults are + <code class="filename">.</code> (current directory), + <code class="filename">/usr/local/include</code>, the + <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> include directory which + is defined at compile time (default: + <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql/include</code>), and + <code class="filename">/usr/include</code>, in that order. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> + Specifies that <code class="command">ecpg</code> should write all + its output to the given <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>. + Write <code class="literal">-o -</code> to send all output to standard output. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p> + Selects run-time behavior. <em class="replaceable"><code>Option</code></em> can be + one of the following: + </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">no_indicator</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Do not use indicators but instead use special values to represent + null values. Historically there have been databases using this approach. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">prepare</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Prepare all statements before using them. Libecpg will keep a cache of + prepared statements and reuse a statement if it gets executed again. If the + cache runs full, libecpg will free the least used statement. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">questionmarks</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Allow question mark as placeholder for compatibility reasons. + This used to be the default long ago. + </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Turn on autocommit of transactions. In this mode, each SQL command is + automatically committed unless it is inside an explicit + transaction block. In the default mode, commands are committed + only when <code class="command">EXEC SQL COMMIT</code> is issued. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Print additional information including the version and the + "include" path. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Print the <span class="application">ecpg</span> version and exit. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p> + Show help about <span class="application">ecpg</span> command line + arguments, and exit. + </p></dd></dl></div><p> + </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p> + When compiling the preprocessed C code files, the compiler needs to + be able to find the <span class="application">ECPG</span> header files in the + <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> include directory. Therefore, you might + have to use the <code class="option">-I</code> option when invoking the compiler + (e.g., <code class="literal">-I/usr/local/pgsql/include</code>). + </p><p> + Programs using C code with embedded SQL have to be linked against + the <code class="filename">libecpg</code> library, for example using the + linker options <code class="literal">-L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg</code>. + </p><p> + The value of either of these directories that is appropriate for + the installation can be found out using <a class="xref" href="app-pgconfig.html" title="pg_config"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_config</span></span></a>. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.8"><h2>Examples</h2><p> + If you have an embedded SQL C source file named + <code class="filename">prog1.pgc</code>, you can create an executable + program using the following sequence of commands: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +ecpg prog1.pgc +cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -c prog1.c +cc -o prog1 prog1.o -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg +</pre></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">dropuser</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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