Re: Problems with variable cursorname in ecpg

Boszormenyi Zoltan írta:
> I think you forget that in this case, only global variables are
> usable in the DECLARE in this case, no local variables in
> functions preceding the DECLARE are visible to it.
>
> What we need here is an extra check in ECPGdump_a_type().
> We need to raise an error if
> ECPGdump_a_type(name, type, ...)
> and
> var = with find_variable(name);
> on the passed name disagrees in the variable type and maybe
> a warning if they disagree in the brace_level. The same applies
> to the indicator variable. For that, we need to pass the brace_level
> to ECPGdump_a_type() for both the variable and the indicator.
>

I was thinking about something like the attached patch.
It passes all the regression tests.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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