Edward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 1 The lower the number the more severe it is.
Short Description ECPG: inserting float numbers Long Description Inserting records with single precision real variables having small value (range 1.0e-6 or less) frequently results in errors in ECPG translations putting into resulted sql statement unexpected characters => see fragments of sample code and ECPGdebug log where after value of rate variable the unexpected character '^A' appears Sample Code /* fragment of the program code */ exec sql begin declare section; /* ... */ float rate; /* level change rate */ /* ... */ exec sql end declare section; /* ... */ sprintf(buf,"INSERT: %.8s.%.8s @%.32s -> %08x/%08x %f %f %f %f %f", loc, name, ts, devstat, meastat, relative, level, ullage, rate, volume ); dbg_message( __FILE__, __LINE__, DBG_DBI, MSG_SQL, buf ); exec sql INSERT INTO rdr_meas ( name, loc, ts, devstat, meastat, relative, level, ullage, levelrate, volume ) VALUES ( :name, :loc, 'now', :devstat, :meastat, :relative, :level, :ullage, :rate, :volume ) ; /* ... */ --- The above produces in ECPG debug : ... [2782]: ECPGexecute line 1042: QUERY: insert into rdr_meas ( name , loc , ts , devstat , meastat , relative , level , ullage , levelrate , volume ) values ( 'NR1 ' , 'Swedwood' , 'now' , 0 , 4096 , 37.388961791992 , 0.71039032936096 , 1.1896096467972 , -5.5060195336409e-06 ^A , 3.4871203899384 ) on connection radar [2782]: ECPGexecute line 1042: Error: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "^A" [2782]: raising sqlcode -400 in line 1042, ''ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "^A"' in line 1042.'. No file was uploaded with this report ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly