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Embedded SQL-92
Guide and Reference


Embedded SQL Precompiler ESQLC

The ESQL precompiler ESQLC is a tool for building a database application in the Progress SQL-92 development environment. The ESQL precompiler translates embedded SQL statements into host language statements that include ESQL library calls. The output is a C Language program. You use one or more C programs to build an application program executable.

These are the general steps involved in building an ESQL program executable:

  1. Develop ESQL source programs.
  2. Use the ESQL precompiler to precompile each of the ESQL programs that constitute an application and generate the corresponding C source file.
  3. Use a standard C compiler to create the object file(s) from the C source file(s).
  4. Link the object files with the ESQL libraries to build the application executable.
NOTE: For more information on the ESQL precompiler see Using the ESQLC Command."


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