On 2006-09-15, Poul Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) The code below was meant to find the # of distinct elements for many > columns, but fails with the message > sql error 'non-integer constant in GROUP BY' > thrown at the EXEC SQL EXECUTE statement. What is the problem?
> char dbnm[50], *stmt = "SELECT ? FROM beamdata GROUP BY ?;"; That statement is not legal - parameters can only be used to substitute _data_, not identifiers or syntax. You would have to interpolate the column name directly into the query (remembering to quote it with "" if needed) rather than use a parameter for it. -- Andrew, Supernews http://www.supernews.com - individual and corporate NNTP services ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
