Illegal datatype equivalencing operation using Pro C compiler

[John Randall]

When I try to do datatype equivancing for a date in a .pc file, and then use the precompiler.

typedef char TMK_date[7];
EXEC SQL VAR TMK_date IS DATE;

I get following message
Semantic error at line 383, column 4, file embedsql.pc:
EXEC SQL VAR TMK_date IS DATE;
...1
PCC-S-02351, illegal datatype equivalencing operation

Can anyone tell me or point to code to show how to properly do datatype equivalencing using a date? Thanks in advance.

[draji]

So the field is of DATE type?

As I recall..
Try something like
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;

v_data VARCHAR2[11];
............... ............... .........
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

Anyway , you must consider the format of your data variable. For instance you can declare it as int and convert your data field to number in select statement... So, are many cases to think about and also solutions to find..