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The <code class="filename">libecpg</code> library primarily contains
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hidden</span>”</span> functions that are used to implement the
functionality expressed by the embedded SQL commands. But there
are some functions that can usefully be called directly. Note that
this makes your code unportable.
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
<code class="function">ECPGdebug(int <em class="replaceable"><code>on</code></em>, FILE
*<em class="replaceable"><code>stream</code></em>)</code> turns on debug
logging if called with the first argument non-zero. Debug logging
is done on <em class="replaceable"><code>stream</code></em>. The log contains
all <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> statements with all the input
variables inserted, and the results from the
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server. This can be very
useful when searching for errors in your <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym>
statements.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
On Windows, if the <span class="application">ecpg</span> libraries and an application are
compiled with different flags, this function call will crash the
application because the internal representation of the
<code class="literal">FILE</code> pointers differ. Specifically,
multithreaded/single-threaded, release/debug, and static/dynamic
flags should be the same for the library and all applications using
that library.
</p></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<code class="function">ECPGget_PGconn(const char *<em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em>)
</code> returns the library database connection handle identified by the given name.
If <em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em> is set to <code class="literal">NULL</code>, the current
connection handle is returned. If no connection handle can be identified, the function returns
<code class="literal">NULL</code>. The returned connection handle can be used to call any other functions
from <span class="application">libpq</span>, if necessary.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
It is a bad idea to manipulate database connection handles made from <span class="application">ecpg</span> directly
with <span class="application">libpq</span> routines.
</p></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<code class="function">ECPGtransactionStatus(const char *<em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em>)</code>
returns the current transaction status of the given connection identified by <em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em>.
See <a class="xref" href="libpq-status.html" title="34.2. Connection Status Functions">Section 34.2</a> and libpq's <code class="function">PQtransactionStatus()</code> for details about the returned status codes.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<code class="function">ECPGstatus(int <em class="replaceable"><code>lineno</code></em>,
const char* <em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em>)</code>
returns true if you are connected to a database and false if not.
<em class="replaceable"><code>connection_name</code></em> can be <code class="literal">NULL</code>
if a single connection is being used.
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