Declaration section [ESQL]

Use this statement to declare host variables in an embedded SQL program. Host variables are used to exchange data with the database.

Syntax
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
C declarations
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
Remarks

A declaration section is simply a section of C variable declarations surrounded by the BEGIN DECLARE SECTION and END DECLARE SECTION statements. A declaration section makes the SQL preprocessor aware of C variables that are used as host variables. Not all C declarations are valid inside a declaration section. See Using host variables.

Permissions

None.

See also
Standards and compatibility
  • SQL/2003   Core feature.

Example
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
char *surname, initials[5];
int dept;
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;