Identifying an SQLDA in C or C++

A descriptor-name can be specified in the CALL, DESCRIBE, EXECUTE, FETCH, and OPEN statements. When the host application is written in C or C++, descriptor-name can be a pointer variable with pointer notation.

For example, descriptor-name could be declared as

  sqlda *outsqlda;

Afterwords, it could be used in a statement like the following:

  EXEC SQL DESCRIBE STMT1 INTO DESCRIPTOR :*outsqlda;