C and C++

C is an extremely flexible and very common mainframe programming language that is currently utilized for a variety of business and scientific applications. C can be used in either online or batch programs. C programs can run in any OS/390 address space, can execute under a variety of transaction managers such as CICS, and can be used as DB2 stored procedures or external user-defined functions.

C API

DB2 provides a C API that allows you to embed static or dynamic SQL into a C program. You can code SQL statements in a C program anywhere in which you can code an executable statement.

Embedding SQL in a C Program

Each SQL statement in a C program must begin with EXEC SQL and end with a semicolon (;). The EXEC and SQL keywords must appear ...

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