• Embedded QUEL Companion Guide
•  1. About This Guide
  • Overview
  • Purpose of This Manual
  • Audience
  • Contents
  •  Conventions
    •  Statements and Commands
      • Terminology
      • Syntax
  • System-specific Text
  • Related Manuals
•  2. Embedded QUEL for C
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for C
    • Margin
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
  •  C Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • EQUEL Variable Declaration Procedures
      • Reserved Words in Declarations
      • Data Types
      • C Data Types and Corresponding Ingres Types
      • The Integer Data Type
      • The Floating-point Data Type
      • The Character String Data Type
      • ## Define Declaration
      • Variable Declarations Syntax
      • Type Declarations Syntax
      • Array Declarations Syntax
      • Pointer Declarations Syntax
      • Structure Declarations Syntax
      • A Structure with a Tag and a Body
      • A Structure with a Body and No Tag
      • A Structure with a Tag and No Body
      • Enumerated Integer Types
      • The Varying Length String Type
      • Indicator Variables
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms - VMS only
      • Compiling and Declaring External Compiled Forms -UNIX only
      • Concluding Example
    • The Scope of Variables
    •  Variable Usage
      • Simple Variables
      • Array Variables
      • Pointer Variables
      • Structure Variables
      • Using a Structure Member
      • Using an Enumerated Variable (Enum)
      • Using a Varying Length String Variable (Varchar)
      • Using Indicator Variables
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres and C Data Type Compatibility
      • Runtime Numeric Conversion
      • Runtime Character Conversion
      • Using Varchar to Receive and Set Character Data
  •  Dynamically Built Param Statements
    • Syntax of Param Statements
    • Practical Uses of Param Statements
    • Indicator Variables in Param Statements
    • Using the Sort Clause in Param Retrieves
    • Param Versions of Cursor Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    • Programming for Error Message Output
  •  Precompiling, Compiling, and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqc Command Examples
      • The C Compiler
    •  Linking an EQUEL Program—UNIX
      • Programs without Embedded Forms
      • Compiling and Linking Precompiled Forms
    •  Linking an EQUEL Program—VMS
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    •  Include File Processing
      • Including Source Code with Labels
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in C Output
      • Embedding Statements Inside C If Blocks
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
    • EQUEL/C Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application
    • An Interactive Database Browser Using Param Statements
•  3. Embedded QUEL for COBOL
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for COBOL
    • Margin
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
    • The Param Function
  •  COBOL Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • EQUEL Variable Declaration Procedures
      • The Declare Statement
      • Data Item Declaration Syntax
      • Reserved Words in Declarations
    •  Data Types
      • The Numeric Data Category - UNIX
      • Numeric Data Items with Usage COMP-5 - UNIX
      • The Numeric Data Category - VMS
      • The Numeric Edited Data Category
      • The Alphabetic, Alphanumeric, and Alphanumeric Edited Categories
      • Declaring Records
      • Indicator Data Items
      • Compiling and Declaring External Compiled Forms - UNIX
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms -VMS
      • Concluding Examples
    • The Scope of Variables
    •  Variable Usage
      • Elementary Data Items
      • COBOL Tables
      • Record Data Items
      • Using Indicator Data Items
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres Types and Corresponding COBOL Data Types
      • Decimal Type Conversion
      • Runtime Numeric Type Conversion
      • Numeric DISPLAY Items and Temporary Data Items
      • Runtime Character Conversion
  • Dynamically Built Param Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    •  Programming for Error Message Output
      • Set_ingres Constant Values
  •  Precompiling, Compiling, and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqcbl Command Options
    •  Source Code Format
      • Format Considerations—UNIX
      • Format Considerations—VMS
    •  The COBOL Compiler—VMS
      • Linking an EQUEL Program
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    •  Incorporating Ingres into the Micro Focus RTS—UNIX
      • The COBOL Runtime System
      • Building an Ingres RTS Without the Ingres FRS
      • Building an RTS with the Ingres FRS
      • Including External Compiled Forms in the RTS
      • Procedure 1
      • Procedure 2
    • Include File Processing
    • Including Source Code with Labels
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in COBOL Output
      • Embedding Statements In IF and PERFORM Blocks
      • COBOL Periods and EQUEL Statements
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
      • Efficient Code Generation
      • COBOL Strings and EQUEL Strings
      • COBOL IF-THEN-ELSE Blocks
      • COBOL Function Calls
    • EQUEL/COBOL Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • UNIX and VMS—The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application
•  4. Embedded QUEL for Fortran
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for Fortran
    • Margin
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
  •  Fortran Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • EQUEL Variable Declaration Procedures
      • The Declare and Declare Forms Statements
      • Reserved Words in Declarations
      • Typed Data Declarations
      • Constant Declarations
      • Data Types
      • The Integer Data Type
      • The Real Data Type
      • The Character Data Type
      • Structure and Record Declarations
      • Indicator Variables
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms - VMS
      • Compiling and Declaring External Compiled Forms - UNIX
      • Compiling and Declaring External Compiled Forms - Windows
      • Concluding Example
    • The Scope of Variables
    •  Variable Usage
      • Simple Variables
      • Array Variables
      • Structure Variables - VMS only
      • Using a Structure Member
      • Using Indicator Variables
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres and Fortran Data Type Compatibility
      • Runtime Numeric Type Conversion
      • Runtime Character Conversion
  •  Dynamically Built Param Statements
    • Syntax of Param Statements
    • Practical Uses of Param Statements
    • Indicator Variables in Param Statements
    • Using the Sort Clause in Param Retrieves
    • Param Versions of Cursor Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    • Programming for Error Message Output
  •  Precompiling, Compiling, and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqf Command Examples
      • The Fortran Compiler
    •  Linking an EQUEL Program - UNIX
      • Programs Without Embedded Forms
      • Programs with Embedded Forms
      • Compiling and Linking Precompiled Forms
    •  Linking an EQUEL Program - VMS
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    • Linking an EQUEL Program - Windows
    • Include File Processing
    • Including Source Code with Labels
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in Fortran Output
      • EQUEL Statements and Fortran If Blocks
      • EQUEL Statements that Generate Labels
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
    • EQUEL/Fortran Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • UNIX and VMS—The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • UNIX and VMS—The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application
    • UNIX, VMS, Windows—An Interactive Database Browser Using Param Statements
•  5. Embedded QUEL for Ada
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for Ada
    • Margin
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
    • Block Delimiters
  •  Ada Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • EQUEL Variable Declarations Procedures
      • The With Equel and With Equel_Forms Statements
      • Reserved Words in Declarations and Program Units
      • Data Types and Constants
      • Ada Data Types and Corresponding Ingres Types
      • Ada Constants and Corresponding Ingres Types
      • The Integer Data Type
      • The Float Data Type
      • The Long Float Storage Format
      • The Character and String Data Types
      • Variable and Number Declaration Syntax
      • Simple Variable Declarations
      • Type Constraints
      • The Range Constraint
      • The Discriminant and Index Constraints
      • Formal Parameter Declarations
      • Number Declarations
      • Renaming Variables
      • Type Declaration Syntax
      • Type Definition
      • Subtype Definition
      • Integer Type Definitions
      • Floating-point Type Definitions
      • Enumerated Type Definitions
      • Array Type Definitions
      • Record Type Definitions
      • Incomplete Type Declarations and Access Types
      • Derived Types
      • Private Types
      • Representation Clauses
      • Indicator Variables
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms
      • Concluding Example
    •  Compilation Units and the Scope of Variables
      • The Package Specification
      • The Package Body
      • The Procedure
      • The Function
      • The Declaration Block
      • Variable and Type Scope
    •  Variable Usage
      • Simple Variables
      • Array Variables
      • Record Components
      • Access Variables
      • Using Indicator Variables
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres TYPES and Corresponding Ada Data Types
      • Runtime Numeric Type Conversion
      • Runtime Character Type Conversion
  • Dynamically Built Param Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    • Programming for Error Message Output
  •  Precompiling, Compiling and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqa Command Examples
      • The ACS Environment and the Ada Compiler
      • Entering EQUEL Package Specifications
      • Defining Long Floating-point Storage
      • The Ada Compiler
      • Linking an EQUEL Program
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    •  Include File Processing
      • Including and Processing EQUEL/Ada Package Specifications
      • Including EQUEL/Ada Source Code
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in Ada Output
      • Ada Blocks Generated by EQUEL
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
    • EQUEL/Ada Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application
•  6. Embedded QUEL for BASIC
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for BASIC
    • BASIC Line Numbers and the EQUEL Mark
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
    • Integer Literals
  •  BASIC Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • EQUEL Variable Declarations Procedures
      • The Declare Ingres Statement
      • Reserved Words in Declarations
      • Data Types
      • BASIC Data Types and Corresponding Ingres Type
      • The String Data Type
      • The Integer Data Type
      • The Real Data Type
      • The Record Data Type
      • Variable and Constant Declaration Syntax
      • The Declare Statement
      • The Dimension Statement
      • Static Storage Variable Declarations
      • The External Statement
      • Parameter Variables
      • Record Type Definitions
      • The Indicator Variable
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms
      • Concluding Example
    • The Scope of Variables
    •  Variable Usage
      • Simple Variables
      • Array Variables
      • Record Components
      • Using Indicator Variables
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres Data Types and Corresponding BASIC Types
      • Runtime Numeric Type Conversion
      • Runtime Character Type Conversion
  • Dynamically Built Param Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    • Programming for Error Message Output
  •  Precompiling, Compiling, and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqb Command Examples
      • The BASIC Compiler
      • Linking an EQUEL Program
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    •  Include File Processing
      • Including Source Code with Labels
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in BASIC Output
      • Embedding Statements Inside BASIC If Blocks
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
    • EQUEL/BASIC Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application
•  7. Embedded QUEL for Pascal
  •  EQUEL Statement Syntax for Pascal
    • Margin
    • Terminator
    • Line Continuation
    • Comments
    • String Literals
    • Block Delimiters
  •  Pascal Variables and Data Types
    •  Variable and Type Declarations
      • Declaring the EQUEL Runtime Routines
      • The Declare Statement
      • The Inherit Attribute
      • Declaring Types and Variables to EQUEL
      • Reserved Words in Declarations and Program Units
      • Data Types and Constants
      • Pascal Data Types and Corresponding Ingres Types
      • Pascal Constants and Corresponding Ingres Types
      • The Integer Data Types
      • Pascal Integer Types
      • The Indicator Type
      • The Floating-point Data Types
      • The Double Storage Format
      • The Character Data Types
      • Declaration Syntax
      • Attributes
      • Label Declarations
      • The Syntax of Label Declarations
      • Constant Declarations
      • Type Declarations
      • Type Definitions
      • Renaming Type Definition
      • Enumeration Type Definition
      • Subrange Type Definition
      • Pointer Type Definition
      • Varying Length String Type Definition
      • Array Type Definition
      • Record Type Definition
      • File Type Definition
      • Set Type Definition
      • Variable Declarations
      • Formal Parameter Declarations
      • Assembling and Declaring External Compiled Forms
      • Concluding Example
    •  Compilation Units and the Scope of Objects
      • Predeclared Identifiers
      • Compilation Unit Syntax
      • The Program Unit
      • The Module Unit
      • The Procedure
      • The Function
      • The Scope of Objects
    •  Variable Usage
      • Simple Variables
      • Array Variables
      • Record Components
      • The With Statement
      • Pointer Variables
      • Indicator Variables
    •  Data Type Conversion
      • Ingres and Pascal Data Type Compatibility
      • Runtime Numeric Type Conversion
      • Runtime Character Type Conversion
  • Dynamically Built Param Statements
  •  Runtime Error Processing
    • Programming for Error Message Output
  •  Precompiling, Compiling, and Linking an EQUEL Program
    •  Generating an Executable Program
      • The EQUEL Preprocessor Command
      • Eqp Command Examples
      • The Pascal Compiler
      • Installing the EQUEL/Pascal Environment File
      • Linking an EQUEL Program
      • Assembling and Linking Precompiled Forms
      • Linking an EQUEL Program without Shared Libraries
    •  Include File Processing
      • Including Source Code with Labels
    •  Coding Requirements for Writing EQUEL Programs
      • Comments Embedded in Pascal Output
      • The Pascal Semicolon and EQUEL Statements
      • Pascal Blocks Generated by EQUEL
      • An EQUEL Statement that Does Not Generate Code
    • EQUEL/Pascal Preprocessor Errors
  • Preprocessor Error Messages
  •  Sample Applications
    • The Department-Employee Master/Detail Application
    • The Employee Query Interactive Forms Application
    • The Table Editor Table Field Application
    • The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application

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The Professor-Student Mixed Form Application