Re: [HACKERS] ECPG: WHENEVER statement with DO CONTINUE action

Hi,

> To develop the ECPG application more efficiently and improve
> portability,
> I would like to suggest one minor improvement "WHENEVER condition DO
> CONTINUE" support in ECPG.
> Oracle Pro*C supports WHENEVER statement with DO CONTINUE action.[1]
> 
> EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE;
> is not same as
> EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO CONTINUE;
> 
> The CONTINUE action instructs the client application to proceed to
> the next statement whereas DO CONTINUE action instructs the client
> application to emit a C continue statement and the flow of control
> return to the beginning of the enclosing loop.

This did actual escape me. Thanks for bringing it to our attention and
fixing this missing functionality.

> I have tried to implement it. Please check the attached patch.
> Please give me feedback.
> ...

Could you please add a "DO CONTINUE" case to one of the test cases? Or
add a new one? We would need a test case IMO.

Thanks

Michael
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