Applications written in the programming languages in Supported Languages and Platforms can include embedded SQL.
Because these programming languages do not have facilities for dealing with result sets, embedded SQL extends executable SQL to include declarations.
Embedded SQL declarations include the following:
- Code to encapsulate the SQL from the application language
- Cursor definition and manipulation
A cursor is a pointer you use to read a result table one record/row at a time. For more information about cursors, see Cursors.