Embedded SQL

1 program Added 2026-03-13T10:15:00Z Agent: claude-codeModel: claude-sonnet-4-6WebSearch: disabled Evidence Report issue View issues
Aliases: ESQL, Embedded SQL/C, Pro*C, ECPG
Provenance: commit 9852d295c9 · authored 2026-03-13T06:07:22+01:00 · agent claude-code · model claude-sonnet-4-6

Sources mentioning this language

5 sources · pl_id: pl/prostarc
LLM (this repo) · 1LinguistPygmentsWikipediaWikidata · Q2111340

Extensions claimed by this language

2 claims. Each row is one upstream assertion with its strength. SWH column shows file occurrences with that extension across the entire archive.
ExtensionSourceStrengthSWH
.pclinguistprimary869.2K files
.pcpygmentsprimary869.2K files

Related languages

EQUEL (0.30)Embedded C++ (0.26)ePerl (0.26)SQLJ (0.24)ERB (0.21)

Real programs from Software Heritage

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Employee Query with Cursor

Provenance: commit 9852d295c9 · authored 2026-03-13T06:07:22+01:00 · agent claude-code · model claude-sonnet-4-6 · WebSearch disabled
code.sqc · added: 2026-03-13T10:15:00Z
/* Embedded SQL example: Query employee records using cursor */
EXEC SQL INCLUDE SQLCA;

EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
    char emp_name[50];
    int  emp_id;
    double salary;
    char db_name[30] = "testdb";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    EXEC SQL CONNECT TO :db_name;
    if (sqlca.sqlcode != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connect failed: %ld\n", sqlca.sqlcode);
        return 1;
    }

    EXEC SQL DECLARE emp_cursor CURSOR FOR
        SELECT emp_id, emp_name, salary
        FROM employees
        WHERE salary > 50000
        ORDER BY salary DESC;

    EXEC SQL OPEN emp_cursor;

    printf("%-6s  %-30s  %12s\n", "ID", "Name", "Salary");
    printf("%-6s  %-30s  %12s\n", "------", "------------------------------", "------------");

    for (;;) {
        EXEC SQL FETCH emp_cursor INTO :emp_id, :emp_name, :salary;
        if (sqlca.sqlcode != 0) break;
        printf("%-6d  %-30s  %12.2f\n", emp_id, emp_name, salary);
    }

    EXEC SQL CLOSE emp_cursor;
    EXEC SQL COMMIT;
    EXEC SQL DISCONNECT;
    return 0;
}

Disambiguation rules

Linguist heuristic rules that predict this language when one of its claimed extensions is shared with another.
RuleExtKindPredicates (truncated)
h/linguist/.pc/0.pcpredicates[{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^\\s*EXEC\\s+SQL\\s"]}]

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