On 13-01-2020 02:34, 'Andrew Zenz' and...@aimsoftware.com.au [firebird-support] wrote: > Not sure where to post this but the mailing-list page says (if you don’t > know where to ask, ask here) so here goes. > > We code in a 4GL called Clarion. > > With regard to the Service Parameter Buffer, Clarion doesn’t have a CHAR > data type so we use a BYTE and treat it in a similar way, create an > array or DIMension
A parameter buffer is effectively an array of bytes (and not (just) characters), so that is the correct approach. > I am attempting to attach to a server using isc_service_attach and keep > getting the following error: > > “Invalid clumplet buffer structure: spb in service attach should begin > with isc_spb_version1 or isc_spb_version “ That error suggests that the SPB is not well-formed, or at least doesn't start with byte 0x01 or 0x02. > I have created the EQUATE (#define in C) for isc_spb_version1 and > isc_spb_version though in my testing I am using the value 2 and don’t > seem to be getting anywhere. > > Hoping I have explained it well enough, perhaps someone that has come > across this before can enlighten me? How did you define the SPB? Mark -- Mark Rotteveel
