Preprocessor options specific to Windows environments

The HCL OneDB ESQL/C preprocessor translates one embedded SQL statement as one C line. Long lines can cause problems for some debuggers and editors. You can use the -lw option to tell the preprocessor to wrap output lines at a specific column position. For example, the following esql command tells the preprocessor to wrap lines at column 75:

esql -lw:75 demo.ec

By default, the HCL OneDB ESQL/C preprocessor generates error and warning messages when it processes the HCL OneDB ESQL/C file. It displays these errors and warnings in the console window. You can change the display of error and warning messages with the following command-line options:

• Use the -nowarn option to suppress warning messages. This option has no effect on error messages.
• Use the -mserr option to display error and warning messages in Microsoft™ Error Message format. Some text editors understand this format and can use it to go to the line in the HCL OneDB ESQL/C source file that caused the error or warning.

By default, the HCL OneDB ESQL/C preprocessor formats the C source file with tab stops at every eighth column position. You can use the -ts option to set different tab stops. For example, the following esql command tells the preprocessor to set tab stops every four characters:

esql -ts:4 demo.ec