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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of client APIs to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
ESQL/C GuideThe HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C Programmer's Manual explains how to use , the HCL OneDB™ implementation of Embedded Structured Query Language (SQL) for C (ESQL/C), to create client applications with database-management capabilities.
Dynamic SQL
A system-descriptor areaA system-descriptor area is a dynamic-management structure that can hold data that a prepared statement either returns from or sends to the database server. A system-descriptor area conforms to X/Open standards.
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Initialize the system-descriptor areaThe DESCRIBE...USING SQL DESCRIPTOR statement initializes the system-descriptor area with information about the prepared statement.
The DESCRIBE statement and input parametersWhen you use the system-descriptor area to hold an input parameter, you cannot use DESCRIBE to initialize the system-descriptor area. Your code must define the input parameters with the SET DESCRIPTOR statement to explicitly set the appropriate fields of the system-descriptor area.

The DESCRIBE statement and input parameters

When you use the system-descriptor area to hold an input parameter, you cannot use DESCRIBE to initialize the system-descriptor area. Your code must define the input parameters with the SET DESCRIPTOR statement to explicitly set the appropriate fields of the system-descriptor area.

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