Hi,

Has anybody used a declaration like:
$include sqlca ;
...
$char dbname[50];

I would like to know this kind of usage with $ in the begining is used for which version of esql/informix. I am using informix database.
This particular code was in my .ec file. I have normally seen #include <sqlca.h>.

To further understand the code I would like to know what is the informix/esql used here.

Thanks,
Smitha

The $ usage is equivalent to
'EXEC SQL include filename'

Use ESQL/C include directive(with $) if the file you specify contains embedded SQL statements, or other ESQL/C statements.

Use standard C #include directive to include system header files.

The difference is that the '#include', includes a file after ESQL/C preprocessing in opposite to the first way(esql/c include) where the ESQL/C preprocessor places the contents of the specified file into the ESQL/C source file .