On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:51:38PM -0800, Dann Corbit wrote:
> Because the Ecpg project uses a global sqlca, it can be accessed by only
> one thread at a time.
That's correct.
> If (instead) we had a user supplied sqlca, it could be used by multiple
> threads.
How do you want to supply it?
> Why not have the user allocate the sqlca or pass it in as a parameter
> (maybe they want an auto sqlca).
That's not exactly the way other RDBMS handle it. Thus compatibility might
become a problem.
> In any case: a single, global sqlca is a very bad thing. (IMO-YMMV).
Okay, let's talk about a better way.
> Question:
> Why no sqlda structure? Every other embedded SQL I have used has the
> sqlda {and it is darn useful}.
Noone volunteered to implement it. :-)
Michael
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