This example demonstrates OTL streams and otl_value<T>.
#include <iostream> #include <string>
#define OTL_DB2_CLI // Compile OTL 4.0/DB2-CLI
#define OTL_STL // Turn on STL features and otl_value<T>
#define OTL_ANSI_CPP // Turn on ANSI C++ typecasts
#include <otlv4.h> // include the OTL 4.0 header file
using namespace std;
otl_connect db; // connect object
void insert()
// insert rows into table
{ 
 otl_stream o(50, // buffer size
              "insert into test_tab "
              "values(:f1<int>,:f2<char[31]>,:f3<db2date>)", 
                 // SQL statement
              db // connect object
             );
 otl_value<string> f2; // otl_value container of STL string
 otl_value<otl_datetime> f3; // container of otl_datetime
 for(int i=1;i<=100;++i){
  if(i%2==0)
   f2="NameXXX";
  else
   f2=otl_null(); // Assign otl_null() to f2
  if(i%3==0){
   // Assign a value to f3 via the .v field directly
   f3.v.year=2001;
   f3.v.month=1;
   f3.v.day=1;
   f3.set_non_null(); // Set f3 as a "non-NULL"
  }else
   f3.set_null(); // Set f3 as null via .set_null() function
  o<<i<<f2<<f3;
 }
}
void select()
{ 
 otl_stream i(50, // buffer size
              "select * from test_tab where f1>=:f11<int> and f1<=:f12<int>*2",
                 // SELECT statement
              db // connect object
             ); 
   // create select stream
 int f1; 
 otl_value<string> f2;
 otl_value<otl_datetime> f3;
 i<<8<<8; // assigning :f11, :f12 = 8
   // SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are
   // assigned. First portion of output rows is fetched to the buffer
 while(!i.eof()){ // while not end-of-data
  i>>f1>>f2>>f3;
  cout<<"f1="<<f1<<", f2="<<f2<<", f3="<<f3<<endl;
 }
 i<<4<<4; // assigning :f11, :f12 = 4
   // SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are
   // assigned. First portion of output rows is fetched to the buffer
 while(!i.eof()){ // while not end-of-data
  i>>f1>>f2>>f3;
  cout<<"f1="<<f1<<", f2="<<f2<<", f3="<<f3<<endl;
 }
}
int main()
{
 otl_connect::otl_initialize(); // initialize DB2-CLI environment
 try{
  db.rlogon("scott/tiger@db2sql"); // connect to DB2
  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "drop table test_tab",
    otl_exception::disabled // disable OTL exceptions
   ); // drop table
  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "create table test_tab(f1 int, f2 varchar(30), f3 date)"
    );  // create table
  insert(); // insert records into table
  select(); // select records from table
 }
 catch(otl_exception& p){ // intercept OTL exceptions
  cerr<<p.msg<<endl; // print out error message
  cerr<<p.stm_text<<endl; // print out SQL that caused the error
  cerr<<p.sqlstate<<endl; // print out SQLSTATE message
  cerr<<p.var_info<<endl; // print out the variable that caused the error
 }
 db.logoff(); // disconnect from DB2
 return 0;
}
f1=8, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL f1=9, f2=NULL, f3=1/1/2001 0:0:0 f1=10, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL f1=11, f2=NULL, f3=NULL f1=12, f2=NameXXX, f3=1/1/2001 0:0:0 f1=13, f2=NULL, f3=NULL f1=14, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL f1=15, f2=NULL, f3=1/1/2001 0:0:0 f1=16, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL f1=4, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL f1=5, f2=NULL, f3=NULL f1=6, f2=NameXXX, f3=1/1/2001 0:0:0 f1=7, f2=NULL, f3=NULL f1=8, f2=NameXXX, f3=NULL
Copyright © 1996, 2001, Sergei Kuchin, email: skuchin@sprynet.com, kuchin@hotmail.com.
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