Subject RE: [ib-support] Metadata
Author William L. Thomson Jr.
Cassandra,

On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 00:38, Cassandra Harley wrote:
>
> I have attacked langref.pdf part of the interbase 60all.zip. I am hoping it
> will be a good place to start, plus I do like the idea of creating some
> tables etc in IBAdmin, and then noting what SQL statements are created.

I would recommend reading the data definition guide as well.

> I could copy these SQL statements into c++ code, (I think), placing it
> between
> EXEC SQL
>
> END EXEC
>
> (or something to that effect?)

That's really jumping into the freezing pool. I would probably play
around with metadata,ddl,sql what ever you want to in a tool's sql
editor. I am not familiar with IBAdmin but it should have one.

Once you get things going then jump into using C++ and etc.

> If so, do I need to include a C++ library?

You could go that way. IBPP is a place to start. Check it out on
sourceforge.

> I am sorry, my questions are all over the place.

Yes they are but it's cool. :)

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William L. Thomson Jr.
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