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>ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</H1
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>Name</H2
>ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR -- allocate an SQL descriptor area</DIV
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> <TT
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>ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</TT
> allocates a new named SQL
descriptor area, which can be used to exchange data between the
PostgreSQL server and the host program.
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> Descriptor areas should be freed after use using
the <TT
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>DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</TT
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> A name of SQL descriptor, case sensitive. This can be an SQL
identifier or a host variable.
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>EXEC SQL ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR mydesc;</PRE
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> <TT
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>ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</TT
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standard.
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>DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</A
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>GET DESCRIPTOR</A
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