Re: ECPG: WHENEVER statement with DO CONTINUE action

Vinayak <vinpokale@gmail.com>

From: Vinayak Pokale <vinpokale@gmail.com>
To: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
Cc: vinayak <Pokale_Vinayak_q3@lab.ntt.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-06-10T03:23:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Thank you for your reply

On Jun 9, 2017 5:39 PM, "Michael Meskes" <meskes@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > To develop the ECPG application more efficiently and improve
> > portability,
> > I would like to suggest one minor improvement "WHENEVER condition DO
> > CONTINUE" support in ECPG.
> > Oracle Pro*C supports WHENEVER statement with DO CONTINUE action.[1]
> >
> > EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE;
> > is not same as
> > EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO CONTINUE;
> >
> > The CONTINUE action instructs the client application to proceed to
> > the next statement whereas DO CONTINUE action instructs the client
> > application to emit a C continue statement and the flow of control
> > return to the beginning of the enclosing loop.
>
> This did actual escape me. Thanks for bringing it to our attention and
> fixing this missing functionality.
>
> > I have tried to implement it. Please check the attached patch.
> > Please give me feedback.
> > ...
>
> Could you please add a "DO CONTINUE" case to one of the test cases? Or
> add a new one? We would need a test case IMO.
>
Yes I will add test case and send updated patch.

Regards,
Vinayak Pokale

Commits

  1. Fix locale dependency in new ecpg test case.