RE: oracle Pro C question

If your table has a column of width 200, in ur pro*c program, you should always declare variable of size+1,ie.,in ur case it should be declared as char mystring[201].

Null termination is depend on the compilation parameters you use, like mode=ansi/oracle etc

Srini

-----Original Message-----
From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of John Dunn Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 2:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: oracle Pro C question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Pearce
> Sent: 01 September 2000 17:25
> To: John Dunn
> Subject: oracle question
>
> Can you post this piss easy question to your Oracle group - I've wasted
> too much time trying to do it.
>
> I have an Oracle field on a table defined as VARCHAR2(200) and a C host
> variable defined as char mystring[200].
>
> How do I select the oracle field in to the C host variable so that a null
> character automatically gets appended to the string?
> e.g. if the Oracle field contained "hello" then the C host variable would
> contain "hello\0" with no extra blanks?
>

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