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INQUIRE_SQL Example
Execute some database statements, and handle errors by displaying the message and aborting the transaction.
exec sql whenever sqlerror goto err_handle;

exec sql select name, sal
    into :name, :sal
    from employee
    where eno = :eno;

if name = 'Badman' then
    exec sql delete from employee
        where eno = :eno;
else if name = 'Goodman' then
    exec sql update employee set sal = sal + 3000
        where eno = :eno;
end if;

exec sql commit;

...

err_handle:

exec sql whenever sqlerror continue;
exec sql inquire_sql (:err_msg = errortext);
print 'INGRES error: ', sqlca.sqlcode;
print err_msg;
exec sql rollback;
Last modified date: 11/09/2022