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- <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 35. ECPG - Embedded SQL in C">Chapter 35</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">pg_config</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
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