OTL 4.0, Example 650 (std::string and TEXT)

Source Code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

// Compile OTL 4.0/ODBC in Windows. Informix CLI uses the  
// regular ODBC header files in Windows
#define OTL_ODBC 

// Uncomment the #defines below in Linux / Unix
//#define OTL_ODBC_UNIX
//#define OTL_INFORMIX_CLI
#define OTL_STL // Enable STL compatibily mode
#include <otlv4.h> // include the OTL 4.0 header file

otl_connect db; // connect object

void insert()
// insert rows into table
{

 string f2; 
 db.set_max_long_size(70000); // set maximum long string size for connect object

 otl_stream o(1, // buffer size has to be set to 1 for operations with LOBs
              "insert into test_tab values(:f1<int>,:f2<varchar_long>)",
                 // SQL statement
              db // connect object
             );

 for(int i=1;i<=20;++i){
  f2.assign(50001,' '); 
  for(int j=0;j<50000;++j)
   f2[j]='*';
  f2[50000]='?';
  o<<i<<f2;
 }

}

void select()
{ 
 string f2;
 db.set_max_long_size(70000); // set maximum long string size for connect object

 otl_stream i(1, // buffer size needs to be set to 1 for operations with LOBs
              "select * from test_tab where f1>=:f11<int> and f1<=:f12<int>*2",
                 // SELECT statement
              db // connect object
             ); 
   // create select stream
 
 float f1;

 i<<8<<8; // assigning :f11 = 8, :f12 = 8
   // SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are
   // assigned. First portion of output rows is fetched to the buffer

 while(!i.eof()){ // while not end-of-data
  i>>f1>>f2;
  cout<<"f1="<<f1<<", f2="<<f2[0]<<f2[f2.length()-1]<<", len="
      <<(int)f2.length()<<endl;
 }

 i<<4<<4; // assigning :f11 = 4, :f12 = 4
   // SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are
   // assigned. First portion of output rows is fetched to the buffer

 while(!i.eof()){ // while not end-of-data
  i>>f1>>f2;
  cout<<"f1="<<f1<<", f2="<<f2[0]<<f2[f2.length()-1]<<", len="
      <<(int)f2.length()<<endl;
 }

}

int main()
{
 otl_connect::otl_initialize(); // initialize Informix CLI environment
 try{

  db.rlogon("informix/tigger@informixsql"); // connect to Informix

  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "drop table test_tab",

    otl_exception::disabled // disable OTL exceptions
   ); // drop table

  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "create table test_tab(f1 int, f2 TEXT)"
    );  // create table

  insert(); // insert records into table
  select(); // select records from table

 }

 catch(otl_exception& p){ // intercept OTL exceptions
  cerr<<p.msg<<endl; // print out error message
  cerr<<p.stm_text<<endl; // print out SQL that caused the error
  cerr<<p.var_info<<endl; // print out the variable that caused the error
 }

 db.logoff(); // disconnect from Informix

 return 0;

}

Output

f1=8, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=9, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=10, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=11, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=12, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=13, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=14, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=15, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=16, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=4, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=5, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=6, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=7, f2=*?, len=50001
f1=8, f2=*?, len=50001

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