On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Phoenix <rwm.phoe...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I am trying to retrieve some numeric data from a table using COBOL (not > a 'C' programmer). > > sqlite3_column_type says its type '2' so I am using > sqlite3_column_double to return the data. The problem is that the > SQLite3 is different from many other RDMS systems. In something like PostgreSQL, I would do an SQL similar to " SELECT REAL_COLUMN::TEXT FROM TABLE;" to cast the real data to a text value. In SQLite3, you can simply sue the "sqlite3_column_text" to return the data. The SQLite3 engine will "cast" the real data to a textual form. On page: http://sqlite.org/c3ref/column_blob.html , it states: The first six interfaces (_blob, _double, _int, _int64, _text, and _text16) each return the value of a result column in a specific data format. If the result column is not initially in the requested format (for example, if the query returns an integer but the sqlite3_column_text() interface is used to extract the value) then an automatic type conversion is performed. > language I am using does not seem to like REAL numbers as I'm getting a > zero value. > > From what I have been able to workout it should be possible to return a > REAL number as a formatted text string, which would make things easier > for me, but am not sure of the details to do it. > > I am not looking for somebody to do this, just some breadcrumbs to point > me in the correct direction. > > regards, Robert > > -- *L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu* Maranatha! <>< John McKown _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
