Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Audience

Related documents

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

What's New

New features in Release 11.2.2.0.0

1 TTClasses Development Environment

Setting up TTClasses

Setting up TTClasses on UNIX

Set UNIX environment variables

Compile TTClasses on UNIX

Compilation options on UNIX

Install TTClasses after compilation (UNIX only)

Setting up TTClasses on Windows

Set Windows environment variables

Compile TTClasses on Windows

Compilation options on Windows

TTClasses compiler macros

TTEXCEPT: Throw C++ exceptions

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM, USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS: For C++ I/O streams

TTDEBUG: Generate additional debugging and error checking logic

TT_64BIT: Use TTClasses with 64-bit TimesTen

Platform-specific compiler macros

Compiling and linking applications

Compiling and linking applications on UNIX

Compiling and linking applications on Windows

Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)

About the TimesTen TTClasses demos

2 Understanding and Using TTClasses

Overview of TTClasses

Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool

Considering TimesTen features for access control

Managing TimesTen connections

About DSNs

Connecting and disconnecting

Access control for connections

Connection method signatures for access control

CREATE SESSION privilege for access control

XLA privilege for XLA connections

Managing TimesTen data

Binding parameters

Binding input parameters

Registering parameters

Binding output or input/output parameters

Binding duplicate parameters

Working with REF CURSORs

Working with rowids

Working with LOBs

Differences between TimesTen LOBs and Oracle Database LOBs

Using the LOB simple data interface in TTClasses

Passthrough LOBs in TTClasses

Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements

Using automatic client failover in a TTClasses application

Using TTClasses logging

Using TTClasses XLA

Acknowledging XLA updates without using transaction boundaries

Acknowledging XLA updates at transaction boundaries

Access control impact on XLA

3 Class Descriptions

Commonly used TTClasses

TTGlobal

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTStatus

Usage

Subclasses

Public members

Public methods

TTConnection

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTConnectionPool

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTCmd

Usage

Public members

Public methods for general use and non-batch operations

Public methods for obtaining TTCmd object properties

Public methods for batch operations

System catalog classes

TTCatalog

Public members

Public methods

TTCatalogTable

Public members

Public methods

TTCatalogColumn

Public members

Public methods

TTCatalogIndex

Public members

Public methods

TTCatalogSpecialColumn

Usage

Public members

Public methods

XLA classes

TTXlaPersistConnection

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTXlaRowViewer

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTXlaTableHandler

Usage

Public members

Protected members

Public methods

TTXlaTableList

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTXlaTable

Usage

Public members

Public methods

TTXlaColumn

Usage

Public members

Public methods

Index

Oracle® TimesTen In-Memory Database

TTClasses Guide

11g Release 2 (11.2.2)

E21640-04

September 2012

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database TTClasses Guide, 11g Release 2 (11.2.2)

E21640-04

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Preface

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a memory-optimized relational database. Deployed in the application tier, TimesTen operates on databases that fit entirely in physical memory using standard SQL interfaces. High availability for the in-memory database is provided through real-time transactional replication.

TimesTen supports a variety of programming interfaces, including PL/SQL (Oracle procedural language extension for SQL), ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), OCI (Oracle Call Interface), Pro*C/C++ (Oracle precompiler for embedded SQL and PL/SQL instructions in C or C++ code), TTClasses (TimesTen C++ Interface Classes), and ODP.NET (Oracle Data Provider for .NET).

The TTClasses library was written to provide an easy-to-use, high-performance interface to TimesTen. This C++ class library provides wrappers around the most common ODBC functionality.

This preface covers the following topics:

Audience

Related documents

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

Audience

This guide is for application developers who administer and access TimesTen through C++.

In addition to familiarity with the particular programming interface you use, you should be familiar with TimesTen, SQL (Structured Query Language), database operations, and ODBC.

Related documents

TimesTen documentation is available on the product distribution media and on the Oracle Technology Network:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/timesten/documentation/

Oracle documentation is also available on the Oracle Technology network at the following location. This may be especially useful for Oracle features that TimesTen supports but does not attempt to fully document, such as OCI and Pro*C/C++.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/documentation/

In particular, these Oracle documents may be of interest:

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

This manual occasionally refers to ODBC APIs. ODBC API reference documentation is available from Microsoft or a variety of third parties. For example:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714562(VS.85).aspx

TimesTen supports ODBC 2.5, Extension Level 1, with additional features for Extension Level 2 as documented in "TimesTen ODBC Functions and Options" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

Conventions

TimesTen supports multiple platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the information in this guide applies to all supported platforms. The term Windows applies to all supported Windows platforms. The term UNIX applies to all supported UNIX and Linux platforms. Refer to the "Platforms" section in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release Notes for specific platform versions supported by TimesTen.

Note:

In TimesTen documentation, the terms "data store" and "database" are equivalent. Both terms refer to the TimesTen database unless otherwise noted.

This document uses the following text conventions:

Convention
Meaning

italic
Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.

monospace
Monospace type indicates code, commands, URLs, class names, function names, method names, attribute names, directory names, file names, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

italic monospace
Italic monospace type indicates a variable in a code example that you must replace. For example:

Driver=install_dir/lib/libtten.sl

Replace install_dir with the path of your TimesTen installation directory.

[ ]
Square brackets indicate that an item in a command line is optional.

{ }
Curly braces indicated that you must choose one of the items separated by a vertical bar ( | ) in a command line.

|

A vertical bar (or pipe) separates alternative arguments.

. . .
An ellipsis (. . .) after an argument indicates that you may use more than one argument on a single command line.

%

The percent sign indicates the UNIX shell prompt.

#

The number (or pound) sign indicates the UNIX root prompt.

TimesTen documentation uses the following variables to identify path, file and user names.

Convention | Meaning
install_dir | The path that represents the directory where the current release of TimesTen is installed.
TTinstance | The instance name for your specific installation of TimesTen. Each installation of TimesTen must be identified at install time with a unique alphanumeric instance name. This name appears in the install path.
bits or bb | Two digits, either 32 or 64, that represent either the 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
release or rr | The first three parts in a release number, with or without dots. The first three parts of a release number represent a major TimesTen release. For example, 1122 or 11.2.2 represents TimesTen 11g Release 2 (11.2.2).
DSN | The data source name (for the TimesTen database).

Documentation Accessibility

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What's New

This section summarizes new features and functionality of Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.2) that are documented in this guide, providing links into the guide for more information.

New features in Release 11.2.2.0.0

LOB support

TimesTen supports LOBs (large objects). This includes CLOBs (character LOBs), NCLOBs (national character LOBs), and BLOBs (binary LOBs).

For details of support in TTClasses, refer to "Working with LOBs".

Deprecation of non-persistent XLA

Features for XLA non-persistent mode have been deprecated and removed from the documentation. Use utilities and APIs for persistent XLA only.

1 TTClasses Development Environment

This chapter provides information to help you get started with your TTClasses development environment.

TTClasses comes compiled and preconfigured during TimesTen installation. If you have a different C++ runtime than what TTClasses was compiled with, recompile the library using the make (UNIX) or nmake (Microsoft Windows) utility.

The information here includes a discussion of environment variables and compilation for TTClasses itself, information for compiling and linking your TTClasses applications, and an introduction to the Quick Start demo applications for TTClasses. The following topics are covered:

Setting up TTClasses

Compiling and linking applications

About the TimesTen TTClasses demos

Setting up TTClasses

This section discusses how to set up TTClasses, covering the following topics:

Setting up TTClasses on UNIX

Setting up TTClasses on Windows

TTClasses compiler macros

Setting up TTClasses on UNIX

This section covers the following topics for setting up TTClasses in a UNIX environment:

Set UNIX environment variables

Compile TTClasses on UNIX

Compilation options on UNIX

Install TTClasses after compilation (UNIX only)

Set UNIX environment variables

To use TTClasses, ensure that your shell environment variables are set correctly. You can optionally use one of the following scripts or add a line to use one of these scripts in your login initialization script (for example, .profile or .cshrc), where install_dir is your TimesTen installation directory.

install_dir/bin/ttenv.sh    (sh/ksh/bash)
install_dir/bin/ttenv.csh   (csh/tcsh)

Compile TTClasses on UNIX

If you have application linking problems, which can be caused by using a different C++ runtime than what TTClasses was compiled with, recompile the library using the make utility.

To recompile TTClasses, change to the ttclasses directory, where install_dir is your TimesTen installation directory:

$ cd install_dir/ttclasses

Run make clean for a fresh start:

$ make clean

Recompile TTClasses for direct connections as follows:

$ make

To recompile TTClasses for client/server connections, use the MakefileCS Makefile:

$ make -f MakefileCS

Compilation options on UNIX

The following make target options are available when you compile TTClasses in a UNIX environment:

all: Build a shared optimized library or libraries (default). Use this with Makefile for direct connections, or with MakefileCS for client/server connections.

shared_opt: Build a shared optimized library. Currently this has the same effect as all.

shared_debug: Build a shared debug library.

static_opt: Build a static optimized library.

static_debug: Build a static debug library.

opt: Build the optimized libraries (shared and static).

debug: Build the debug libraries (shared and static).

clean: Delete the TTClasses libraries and object files.

To specify a make target, use the name of the make target on the command line.

For example, to build a shared debug version of TTClasses:

$ make clean shared_debug

Install TTClasses after compilation (UNIX only)

After compilation, install the library so all users of the TimesTen instance can use TTClasses. The following shows the steps to install the TTClasses library on a UNIX system.

$ cd install_dir/ttclasses
$ make install

Setting up TTClasses on Windows

This section covers the following topics for setting up TTClasses in a Windows environment:

Set Windows environment variables

Compile TTClasses on Windows

Compilation options on Windows

Note:

On Windows, the TTClasses library is automatically installed after compilation.

Set Windows environment variables

Before recompiling, ensure that the PATH, INCLUDE, and LIB environment variables point to the correct Visual Studio directories. Execute the applicable Visual Studio C++ batch file (for example, VCVARS32.BAT or VSVARS32.BAT) to accomplish this.

Then set environment variables for TimesTen (if they were not already set during installation) by running the following:

install_dir\bin\ttenv.bat

Compile TTClasses on Windows

If you have application linking problems, which can be caused by using a different C++ runtime than what TTClasses was compiled with, recompile the library using the nmake utility.

To recompile TTClasses, change to the ttclasses directory, where install_dir is your TimesTen installation directory:

install_dir\ttclasses

Run nmake clean for a fresh start:

install_dir\ttclasses> nmake clean

Then recompile. By default this is for both direct and client/server connections:

install_dir\ttclasses> nmake

Compilation options on Windows

The following make target options are available when you compile TTClasses in a Windows environment.

all: Build shared optimized libraries for direct and client/server connections (default).

client: Build shared optimized library for client/server only.

msdm: Build shared optimized library for Microsoft driver manager.

clean: Delete the TTClasses libraries and object files.

To specify a make target, use the name of the make target on the command line.

For example, to build only the client/server TTClasses library:

install_dir\ttclasses> nmake clean client

TTClasses compiler macros

When necessary, you can modify the TTClasses Makefile manually to add flags for the TTClasses compiler macros. For UNIX, add -Dflagname. For Windows, add /Dflagname.

This section includes information about the following compiler macros:

TTEXCEPT: Throw C++ exceptions

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM, USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS: For C++ I/O streams

TTDEBUG: Generate additional debugging and error checking logic

TT_64BIT: Use TTClasses with 64-bit TimesTen

Platform-specific compiler macros

TTEXCEPT: Throw C++ exceptions

Compile TTClasses, as well as your applications, with the -DTTEXCEPT flag to make TTClasses throw C++ exceptions. (TTClasses is compiled this way by default.) Put {try/catch} blocks around all TTClasses function calls and catch exceptions of type TTStatus.

An alternative, although discouraged, mode of operation is to compile TTClasses and your application without TTEXCEPT enabled. In this mode, error handling is accomplished using older method versions with an explicit TTStatus& parameter, as in earlier TimesTen releases.

See "TTStatus".

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM, USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS: For C++ I/O streams

There are multiple types of C++ streams and they are not compatible with each other. TimesTen provides two related flags. Which streams you use in your application determines which flag to set, or whether you should set neither, as follows (from newer stream types to older):

For streams where you are including <iostream> and using the ostringstream class, set the TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM flag.

For streams where you are including <iostream> and using the ostrstream class, set neither flag. This is the default for most platforms and compilers.

For streams where you are including <iostream.h> and using the ostrstream class, set the USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS flag. This is the default for some older platforms and compilers.

Check your TTClasses Makefile. If the flags are not set properly, then update the Makefile as appropriate, recompile TTClasses, and replace the previous TTClasses library file with the recompiled one.

Also see the subsections that follow.

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM: For C++ I/O stream code with ostringstream

This compiler flag is for use with C++ compilers that reliably support C++ stream types utilizing the ostringstream class. If your program uses C++ stream code and you include <iostream> and use the ostringstream class, then TTClasses must be compiled with the -DTTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM setting.

Also note that in this case, the USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS flag must not be set.

Note:

With gcc version 3.2 and higher, the TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM flag is set by default in the file install_dir/include/ttclasses/TTIostream.h.

Neither: For C++ I/O stream code with ostrstream

If your program uses C++ stream code and you include <iostream> and use the ostrstream class, neither the TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM flag nor the USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS flag should be set.

USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS: For older C++ I/O stream code with ostrstream

This compiler flag is for older C++ compilers that do not support <iostream>. If your program uses old C++ stream code and you include <iostream.h> and use the ostrstream class, then TTClasses must be compiled with the -DUSE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS setting.

Also note that in this case, the TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM flag must not be set.

TTDEBUG: Generate additional debugging and error checking logic

Compile TTClasses with -DTTDEBUG to generate extra debugging information. This extra information reduces performance somewhat, so use this flag only in development (not production) systems.

TT_64BIT: Use TTClasses with 64-bit TimesTen

Compile TTClasses with -DTT_64BIT if you are writing a 64-bit TimesTen application.

Platform-specific compiler macros

The following compiler macros are specific to a particular platform or compiler combination. You should not have to specify these compiler macros manually. Their use is determined by the Makefile chosen by the configure program.

gcc: Compile TTClasses with the -DGCC flag when using gcc on any platform.

Compiling and linking applications

This section discusses how to compile and link your TTClasses applications on UNIX and Windows, including a section on considerations when using the ODBC driver manager on Windows.

You can also refer to the following sections in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for related information:

"Linking options" for general information about TimesTen linking options, such as using the direct driver versus the client driver or, on Windows, whether to use a driver manager

"Compiling and linking applications"

Compiling and linking applications on UNIX

For compiling your applications, include the TTClasses header files that are in the install_dir/include/ttclasses directory. You can accomplish this simply by including TTInclude.h from that directory, as follows.

Use the following compile command:

-Iinstall_dir/include

And use the following line in your code:

#include <ttclasses/TTInclude.h>

TTClasses XLA programs must also include the following:

#include <ttclasses/TTXla.h>

The following table summarizes the TTClasses libraries available for linking your applications on UNIX platforms.

Usage | Library
TimesTen direct connections | libttclasses.so
TimesTen client/server connections | libttclassesCS.so

The -L option tells the linker to search the TimesTen lib directory for library files. The -lttclassesCS option links in the driver.

On Solaris, the default TimesTen ODBC client driver was compiled with Studio 11. The library enables you to link an application compiled with the Sun Studio 11 C/C++ compiler directly with the TimesTen client.

On AIX, when linking applications with the TimesTen ODBC client driver, the C++ runtime library must be included in the link command (because the client driver is written in C++ and AIX does not link it automatically) and must follow the client driver:

-Linstall_dir/lib -lttclassesCS -lC_r

You can use the Makefile in the quickstart/sample_code/ttclasses directory to guide you in creating your own Makefile.

Compiling and linking applications on Windows

For compiling your applications, include the TTClasses header files that are in the install_dir\include\ttclasses directory. You can accomplish this simply by including TTInclude.h from that directory, as follows.

Use the following compile command:

/Iinstall_dir\include

And use the following line in your code:

#include <ttclasses/TTInclude.h>

TTClasses XLA programs must also include the following:

#include <ttclasses/TTXla.h>

The following table summarizes the TTClasses libraries available for linking your applications on Windows platforms.

Usage
Library

TimesTen direct connections
ttclasses1122.lib

TimesTen client/server connections
ttclasses1122CS.lib

Microsoft ODBC driver manager
ttclasses1122DM.lib

See the next section, "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)".

Add the appropriate library, for example install_dir\lib\ttclasses1122.lib, to your link command.

You can use the Makefile in the quickstart\sample_code\ttclasses directory to guide you in creating your own Makefile.

Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)

Be aware of the following limitations in TTClasses when you use the ODBC driver manager on Windows. (These restrictions do not apply to the demo ttdm driver manager supplied with the TimesTen Quick Start.)

XLA functionality is not supported.

REF CURSOR functionality is not supported.

The driver manager does not support LOB locator APIs or LOB data types, which are not part of the ODBC standard. However, you can use the LOB simple data interface as documented in "Working with LOBs".

In addition, the driver manager does not support the ODBC C types SQL_C_BIGINT and SQL_C_TINYINT when used with TimesTen. When using the driver manager, you cannot call methods that use either of these data types in their signatures, such as the applicable overloaded versions of any of the following TTCmd methods: getColumn(), getColumnNullable(), getNextColumn(), getNextColumnNullable(), setParam(), getParam(), and BindParameter().

Note:

TimesTen supplies a driver manager for both Windows and UNIX with the Quick Start sample applications. This driver manager is not fully supported. It is limited to support for the TimesTen direct driver and client driver only. It does not have the functionality or performance limitations described above. Applications that must concurrently use both direct connections and client/server connections can use this driver manager to achieve this with very little impact on performance.

About the TimesTen TTClasses demos

After you have configured your C++ environment, you can confirm that everything is set up correctly by compiling and running the TimesTen Quick Start demo applications. Refer to the Quick Start welcome page at install_dir/quickstart.html, especially the links under SAMPLE PROGRAMS, for information about the following.

Demo schema and setup: The build_sampledb script (.sh on UNIX or .bat on Windows) creates a sample database and demo schema. You must use this before you start using the demos.

Demo environment and setup: The ttquickstartenv script (.sh or .csh on UNIX or .bat on Windows), a superset of the ttenv script generally used for TimesTen setup, sets up the demo environment. You must use this each time you enter a session where you want to compile or run any of the demos.

Demos and setup: TimesTen provides demos for TTClasses and XLA in subdirectories under the install_dir/quickstart/sample_code directory. For instructions on compiling and running the demos, see the README files in the subdirectories.

What the demos do: A synopsis of each demo is provided when you click TTClasses (C++) under SAMPLE PROGRAMS.

2 Understanding and Using TTClasses

This chapter provides some general overview and best practices for TTClasses. It includes the following topics:

Overview of TTClasses

Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool

Considering TimesTen features for access control

Managing TimesTen connections

Managing TimesTen data

Using TTClasses logging

Using TTClasses XLA

Overview of TTClasses

The TimesTen C++ Interface Classes library (TTClasses) provides wrappers around the most common ODBC functionality to allow database access. It was developed to meet the demand for an API that is easier to use than ODBC but does not sacrifice performance.

Refer to ODBC API reference documentation for detailed information about ODBC. TimesTen supports ODBC 2.5, Extension Level 1, with additional features for Extension Level 2 as documented in "TimesTen ODBC Functions and Options" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

In addition to providing a C++ interface to the TimesTen ODBC interface, TTClasses supplies an interface to the TimesTen Transaction Log API (XLA). XLA allows an application to monitor one or more tables in a database. When other applications change that table, the changes are reported through XLA to the monitoring application. TTClasses provides a convenient interface to the most commonly used aspects of XLA functionality. For general information about XLA, see "XLA and TimesTen Event Management" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

TTClasses is also intended to promote best practices when writing application software that uses the TimesTen Data Manager. The library uses TimesTen in an optimal manner. For example, autocommit is disabled by default. Parameterized SQL is strongly encouraged and its use is greatly simplified in TTClasses compared to hand-coded ODBC.

Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool

While TTClasses can be used in several ways, the following general approach has been used successfully and can easily be adapted to a variety of applications.

To achieve optimal performance, real-time applications should use prepared SQL statements. Ideally, all SQL statements that will be used by an application are prepared when the application begins, using a separate TTCmd object for each statement. In ODBC, and thus in TTClasses, statements are bound to a particular connection, so a full set of the statements used by the application will often be associated with every connection to the database.

A convenient way to accomplish this is to develop an application-specific class that is derived from TTConnection. For an application named XYZ, you can create a class XYZConnection, for example. The XYZConnection class contains private TTCmd members representing the prepared SQL statements that can be used in the application, and provides new public methods to implement the application-specific database functionality through these private TTCmd members.

Before a TTCmd object can be used, a SQL statement (such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE) must be associated with it. The association is accomplished by using the Prepare() method, which also compiles and optimizes the SQL statement to ensure it will be executed in an efficient manner. Note that the Prepare() method only prepares and does not execute the statement.

With TimesTen, statements are typically parameterized for better performance. Consider the following SQL statements:

SELECT col1 FROM table1 WHERE C = 10;
SELECT col1 FROM table1 WHERE C = 11;

It is more efficient to prepare a single parameterized statement and execute it multiple times:

SELECT col1 FROM table1 WHERE C = ?;

The value for "?" is specified at runtime by using the TTCmd::setParam() method.

There is no need to explicitly bind columns or parameters to a SQL statement, as is necessary when you use ODBC directly. TTCmd automatically defines and binds all necessary columns at prepare time. Parameters are bound at execution time.

Be aware that preparing is a relatively expensive operation. When an application establishes a connection to TimesTen, using TTConnection::Connect(), it should prepare all TTCmd objects associated with the connection. Prepare all SQL statements prior to the main execution loop of the application.

In normal operations, where TTClasses and applications are compiled with the TTEXCEPT flag, a TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error or warning occurs during the operation. In general, anytime a TTClasses method encounters an error or warning, it throws an exception in this way, which the application should catch and handle appropriately. See "TTEXCEPT: Throw C++ exceptions" and "TTStatus" for additional information. Also, the TTClasses Quick Start demo applications show examples of how this is done. See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".

Note:

If TTConnection or TTCmd lacks the specific get or set method you need, you can access underlying ODBC connection and statement handles directly, through the TTConnection::getHdbc() and TTCmd::getHandle() methods. Similarly, there is a TTGlobal::sqlhenv() method to access the ODBC environment handle.

Example 2-1 Definition of a connection class

This is an example of a class that inherits from TTConnection.

class XYZConnection : public TTConnection {
private:
  TTCmd updateData;
  TTCmd insertData;
  TTCmd queryData;

public:
  XYZConnection();
  ~XYZConnection();
  virtual void Connect (const char* connStr, const char* user, const char* pwd);
  void updateUser ();
  void addUser (char* nameP);
  void queryUser (const char* nameP, int* valueP);
};

In this example, an XYZConnection object is a connection to TimesTen that can be used to perform three application-specific operations: addUser(), updateUser(), and queryUser(). These operations are specific to the XYZ application. The implementation of these three methods can use the updateData, insertData, and queryData TTCmd objects to implement the database operations of the application.

To prepare the SQL statements of the application, the XYZConnection class overloads the Connect() method provided by the TTConnection base class. The XYZConnection::Connect() method calls the Connect() method of the base class to establish the database connection and also calls the Prepare() method for each TTCmd object to prepare the SQL statements for later use.

Example 2-2 Definition of a Connect() method

This example shows an implementation of the XYZConnection::Connect() method.

void
XYZConnection::Connect(const char* connStr, const char* user, const char* pwd)
{
  try {
    TTConnection::Connect(connStr, user, pwd);
    updateData.Prepare(this, "update mydata v set foo = ? where bar = ?");
    insertData.Prepare(this, "insert into mydata values(?,0)");
    queryData.Prepare(this, "select i from mydata where name = ?");
  }
  catch (TTStatus st) {
    cerr << "Error in XYZConnection::Connect: " << st << endl;
  }
  return;
}

This Connect() method makes the XYZConnection object and its application-specific methods fully operational.

This approach also works well with the design of the TTConnectionPool class. The application can create numerous objects of type XYZConnection and add them to a TTConnectionPool object. By calling TTConnectionPool::ConnectAll(), the application connects all connections in the pool to the database and prepares all SQL statements. Use TTConnectionPool::DisconnectAll() to disconnect. Refer to the usage discussion under "TTConnectionPool", which provides important information.

This application design allows database access to be easily separated from the application business logic. Only the XYZConnection class contains database-specific code.

Examples of this application design can be found in several of the TTClasses sample programs that come with the TimesTen Quick Start. See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".

Note that other configurations are possible. Some customers have extended this scheme further, so that SQL statements to be used in an application are listed in a table in the database, rather than being hard-coded in the application itself. This allows changes to database functionality to be implemented by making database changes rather than application changes.

Example 2-3 Definition of a Disconnect() method

This example shows an implementation of the XYZConnection::Disconnect() method.

void
XYZConnection::Disconnect()
{
  updateData.Drop();
  insertData.Drop();
  queryData.Drop();

  TTConnection::Disconnect();
}

Considering TimesTen features for access control

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. You can refer to "Managing Access Control" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide for general information about these features. Also see "Considering TimesTen features for access control" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

For any query or SQL DML or DDL statement discussed in this document or used in an example, it is assumed that the user has appropriate privileges to execute the statement. For example, a SELECT statement on a table requires ownership of the table, SELECT privilege granted on the table, or the SELECT ANY TABLE system privilege.

Refer to "SQL Statements" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference for the privilege required for any given SQL statement.

Privileges are granted through the SQL statement GRANT and revoked through the SQL statement REVOKE. Some privileges are granted to all users through the PUBLIC role, of which each user is a member. See "The PUBLIC role" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference for information about that role.

In addition, access control affects connecting to a database (as discussed in "Access control for connections"), setting connection attributes, using XLA (as discussed in "Access control impact on XLA"), and executing C utility functions.

Notes:

Access control cannot be disabled.

Access control privileges are checked both when SQL is prepared and when it is executed in the database, with most of the performance cost coming at prepare time.

Managing TimesTen connections

This section covers topics related to connecting to a database:

About DSNs

Connecting and disconnecting

Access control for connections

About DSNs

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide contains information about creating a DSN (data source name) for a database. The type of DSN you create depends on whether your application will connect directly to the database or will connect by a client.

If you intend to connect directly to the database, refer to "Managing TimesTen Databases" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide. There are sections on creating a DSN for a direct connection from UNIX or Windows.

If you intend to create a client connection to the database, refer to "Working with the TimesTen Client and Server" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide. There are sections on creating a DSN for a client/server connection from UNIX or Windows.

Note:

A TimesTen connection cannot be inherited from a parent process. If a process opens a database connection before creating (forking) a child process, the child must not use the connection.

Connecting and disconnecting

Based on the XYZConnection class discussed in "Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool", you could connect to and disconnect from TimesTen as shown in the following example.

Example 2-4 Connecting to and disconnecting from TimesTen

  ...

  XYZConnection conn;
  char connStr[256];
  char user[30];
  char pwd[30];

  ...

  try {
    conn.Connect(connStr, user, pwd);
  }
  catch (TTWarning st) {
    cerr << "Warning connecting to TimesTen: " << st << endl;
  }
  catch (TTError st) {
    cerr << "Error connecting to TimesTen " << st << endl;
    exit(1);
  }

// ... Work with the database connection...

  try {
    conn.Disconnect();
  }
  catch (TTStatus st) {
    cerr << "Error disconnecting from TimesTen: " << st << endl;
    exit(1);
  }

Access control for connections

This section covers access control features related to how you connect to the database with TTClasses.

For a general access control overview, refer to "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

Connection method signatures for access control

The following method signatures are defined for the TTConnection, TTConnectionPool, and TTXlaPersistConnection classes.

virtual void
TTConnection::Connect(const char* connStr)

virtual void
TTConnection::Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                      const char* password)

virtual void
TTConnection::Connect(const char* connStr,
                      DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion)

void
TTConnectionPool::ConnectAll(const char* connStr)

void
TTConnectionPool::ConnectAll(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                             const char* password)

virtual void
TTXlaPersistConnection::Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                                const char* password, const char* bookmarkStr,
                                bool createBookmarkFlag)

virtual void
TTXlaPersistConnection::Connect(const char* connStr,
                                DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion,
                                const char * bookmarkStr, bool createBookmarkFlag)

virtual void
TTXlaPersistConnection::Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                                const char* password, const char* bookmarkStr)

virtual void
TTXlaPersistConnection::Connect(const char* connStr,
                                DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion,
                                const char * bookmarkStr)

Notes:

The connection string (connStr value) can specify the user name and password, such as "DSN=testdb;uid=brian;pwd=welcome". Be aware that for signatures that take connection string, user name, and password arguments, the user name and password arguments take precedence over any user name or password specified in the connection string.

See "TTConnection" for information about DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM values.

CREATE SESSION privilege for access control

Privilege to connect to a database must be explicitly granted to every user other than the instance administrator, through the CREATE SESSION privilege. This is a system privilege. It must be granted by an administrator to the user, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. Refer to "Managing Access Control" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide for additional information and examples.

XLA privilege for XLA connections

In addition to the CREATE SESSION privilege, a user must be granted the XLA privilege to create an XLA connection and execute XLA functionality, as noted in "Access control impact on XLA".

Managing TimesTen data

This section covers the following topics for working with data.

Binding parameters

Working with REF CURSORs

Working with rowids

Working with LOBs

Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements

Binding parameters

This section discusses parameter binding for SQL statements. The TTCmd class supplies the methods setParam() and BindParameter() (for batch operations) to bind parameters. It also supplies the method registerParam() to support output and input/output parameters or to override default bind types. There is also functionality to support the DuplicateBindMode TimesTen connection attribute if there are duplicate parameters (to determine TimesTen mode or Oracle Database mode).

These topics are covered in the following sections.

Binding input parameters

Registering parameters

Binding output or input/output parameters

Binding duplicate parameters

Note:

The term "bind parameter" as used in TimesTen developer guides (in keeping with ODBC terminology) is equivalent to the term "bind variable" as used in TimesTen PL/SQL documents (in keeping with Oracle PL/SQL terminology).

Binding input parameters

For non-batch operations, use the TTCmd::setParam() method to bind input parameters for SQL statements, specifying the parameter position and the value to be bound. For batch operations, use the TTCmd::BindParameter() method. (See Example 3-5, "Using the ExecuteBatch() method" for an example of batch operations.)

For non-batch operations, Example 2-5 shows snippets from a class SampleConnection, where parameters are bound to insert a row into a table. (This example is from the TimesTen Quick Start demo basics.cpp. See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".) Implementation of the Connect() method is omitted here, but see Example 2-2 for a Connect() implementation.

Assume a table basics, defined as follows:

create table basics (name char(10) not null primary key, i tt_integer);

Example 2-5 Binding parameters to insert a row (non-batch)

class SampleConnection : public TTConnection
{
  using TTConnection::Connect;

  private:
    TTCmd        insertData;
    ...

  protected:

  public:
    SampleConnection();
    ~SampleConnection();
    virtual void Connect(const char* connStr,
                         DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion);
    void insert(char* nameP);
    ...

  ...
  // Assume a Connect() method implemented with the following:
  // insertData.Prepare(this, "insert into basics values(:name, :value)");
  ...
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------

void
SampleConnection::insert(char* nameP)
{
  static long i = 0;
  insertData.setParam(1, nameP);
  insertData.setParam(2, i++);
  insertData.Execute();
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------

...

int
main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  ...
  char name[10];
  SampleConnection conn;
  ...

// Assume conn is an open connection.
  sprintf(name, "Robert");
  try {
    conn.insert(name);
  }
  catch (TTStatus st) {
    cerr << "Error inserting row " << name << ":" << st << endl;
    conn.Rollback();
  }
}

Registering parameters

The TTCmd class provides the method registerParam(), which enables you to specify the SQL type, precision, and scale of a parameter (as applicable) and whether the parameter is input, output, or input/output. A registerParam() call is required for an output or input/output parameter, which could be a REF CURSOR (output only) or a parameter from a PL/SQL RETURNING INTO clause (output only), procedure, or function.

For an input parameter, TTClasses by default derives the SQL type from the bound C type for the setParam() or BindParameter() call according to the mappings shown in Table 2-1. It is not typical to need a registerParam() call for an input parameter, but you can call it if you must use a particular SQL type or precision or scale.

Table 2-1 TTClasses C type to SQL type mappings

C type
SQL type

char*

SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR

void*

SQL_BINARY, SQL_VARBINARY

double

SQL_FLOAT, SQL_DOUBLE

DATE_STRUCT

SQL_DATE

float

SQL_REAL, SQL_DECIMAL

int

SQL_INTEGER

SQLBIGINT

SQL_BIGINT

SQLCHAR*

SQL_VARCHAR

SQLINTEGER

SQL_INTEGER

SQLSMALLINT

SQL_SMALLINT

SQLTINYINT

SQL_TINYINT

SQLWCHAR*

SQL_WCHAR, SQL_WVARCHAR

TIME_STRUCT

SQL_TIME

TIMESTAMP_STRUCT

SQL_TIMESTAMP

SQLHSTMT

SQL_REFCURSOR

Important:

Not all C types shown in the preceding table are supported if you are using a driver manager. Refer to "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)".

A registerParam() call can be either before or after the related setParam() or BindParameter() call and takes precedence regarding SQL type, precision, and scale (as applicable).

The method signature is as follows:

inline void
TTCmd::registerParam(int pno,
                     int inputOutputType,
                     int sqltype,
                     int precision = 0,
                     int scale = 0)

pno is the parameter position in the statement.

inputOutputType can be TTCmd::PARAM_IN, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, or TTCmd::PARAM_INOUT.

sqltype is the SQL type of the data (for example, SQL_INTEGER).

precision and scale (both optional) are used the same way as in an ODBC SQLBindParameter call. For primitive types (such as int), precision and scale settings are ignored.

Note:

See the next section, "Binding output or input/output parameters", for an example. Also see "registerParam()" for additional reference information.

Binding output or input/output parameters

TTClasses supports output and input/output parameters such as REF CURSORs (output only), parameters from a PL/SQL procedure or function that has OUT or IN OUT parameters, or a parameter from a RETURNING INTO clause (output only).

You must use the TTCmd::registerParam() method, described in the preceding section, to inform TTClasses if a parameter in a SQL statement is output or input/output. For the intputOutputType setting in the method call, use TTCmd::PARAM_OUT or TTCmd::PARAM_INOUT as appropriate.

For non-batch operations, after the SQL statement has been executed, use the appropriate TTCmd::getParam() method to retrieve the output value, specifying the parameter position and the variable into which the value is placed. There is a signature for each data type.

For batch operations, TTCmd::BindParameter() is used for output or input/output parameters as well as for input parameters. It is called before the statement is executed. After statement execution, the data for an output value will be in the buffer specified in the BindParameter() call. BindParameter() has a signature for each data type. For an input/output parameter in batch operations, BindParameter() is called only once, before statement execution. Before execution the specified buffer contains the input, and after statement execution it contains the output.

The following examples provide code fragments showing the use of output and input/output parameters.

Example 2-6 Using input and input/output parameters (non-batch)

This example uses input and output parameters. The setParam() call binds the value of the input parameter :a. The getParam() call retrieves the value of the output parameter :b. The output parameter is also registered as required.

...
// t1 has a single TT_INTEGER column
cmd.Prepare(&conn, "insert into t1 values (:a) returning c1 into :b");
cmd.setParam(1, 99);
cmd.registerParam(2, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, SQL_INTEGER);
cmd.Execute();
SQLINTEGER outval;

if (cmd.getParam(2, &outval))
  cerr << "The output value is null." << endl;
else
  cerr << "The output value is " << outval << endl;
...

Example 2-7 Using input and output parameters (batch operations)

This example uses input and output parameters in a batch operation. The first BindParameter() call provides the input data for the first parameter :a. The second BindParameter() call provides a buffer for output data for the second parameter :b.

...
#define BATCH_SIZE  5
int input_int_array[BATCH_SIZE] = { 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 };
int output_int_array[BATCH_SIZE] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 };
int numrows;

cmd.PrepareBatch(&conn, "insert into t1 values (:a) returning c1 into :b",
                 BATCH_SIZE);
cmd.BindParameter(1, BATCH_SIZE, input_int_array);
cmd.BindParameter(2, BATCH_SIZE, output_int_array);
cmd.registerParam(2, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, SQL_INTEGER);
numrows = cmd.ExecuteBatch(BATCH_SIZE);
...

Example 2-8 Using input/output parameters

This example uses an input/output parameter. It is registered as required. The setParam() call binds its input value and the getParam() call retrieves its output value.

...
cmd.Prepare(&conn, "begin :x := :x + 1; end;");
cmd.registerParam(1, TTCmd::PARAM_INOUT, SQL_INTEGER);
cmd.setParam(1, 99);
cmd.Execute();
SQLINTEGER outval;

if (cmd.getParam(1, &outval))
  cerr << "The output value is null." << endl;
else
  cerr << "The output value is " << outval << endl;
...

Example 2-9 Using output and input/output parameters

This example uses output and input/output parameters. Assume a PL/SQL procedure as follows:

create or replace procedure my_proc (
  a in number,
  b in number,
  c out number,
  d in out number ) as

begin
  c := a + b;
  d := a + b - d;
end my_proc;

The input parameters for the procedure are taken as constants in this example rather than as bound parameters, so only the OUT parameter and IN OUT parameter are bound. Both are registered as required. The setParam() call provides the input value for the IN OUT parameter :var1. The first getParam() call retrieves the value for the OUT parameter :sum. The second getParam() call retrieves the output value for the IN OUT parameter :var1.

...
cmd.Prepare(&conn, "begin my_proc (10, 5, :sum, :var1); end;");
cmd.registerParam (1, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, SQL_DECIMAL, 38);
cmd.registerParam (2, TTCmd::PARAM_INOUT, SQL_DECIMAL, 38);
cmd.setParam(2, "99");
cmd.Execute();
SQLINTEGER outval1, outval2;

if (cmd.getParam(1, &outval1))
  cerr << "The first output value is null." << endl;
else
  cerr << "The first output value is " << outval << endl;
if (cmd.getParam(2, &outval2))
  cerr << "The second output value is null." << endl;
else
  cerr << "The second output value is " << outval << endl;
...

Binding duplicate parameters

TimesTen supports two distinct modes for binding duplicate parameters in a SQL statement. In the Oracle mode, with the TimesTen connection attribute setting DuplicateBindMode=0 (the default), multiple occurrences of the same parameter name are considered to be distinct parameters. In the traditional TimesTen mode, where DuplicateBindMode=1, multiple occurrences of the same parameter name are considered to be the same parameter (as in earlier TimesTen releases).

Note:

Refer to "DuplicateBindMode" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference and "Binding duplicate parameters in SQL statements" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for additional information.

For illustration, consider the following query:

SELECT * FROM employees
  WHERE employee_id < :a AND manager_id > :a AND salary < :b;

In the Oracle mode, when parameter position numbers are assigned, a number is given to each parameter occurrence without regard to name duplication. The application must, at a minimum, bind a value for the first occurrence of each parameter name. For any subsequent occurrence of a given parameter name, the application can bind a different value for the occurrence or it can leave the parameter occurrence unbound. In the latter case, the subsequent occurrence takes the same value as the first occurrence. In either case, each occurrence still has a distinct parameter position number.

In TimesTen mode, SQL statements containing duplicate parameters are parsed such that only distinct parameter names are considered as separate parameters. Binding is based on the position of the first occurrence of a parameter name. Subsequent occurrences of the parameter name are not given their own position numbers, and all occurrences of the same parameter name take on the same value.

Example 2-10 Duplicate parameters: Oracle mode

This example uses a different value for the second occurrence of a in the SQL statement above in the Oracle mode:

mycmd.setParam(1, ...); // first occurrence of :a
mycmd.setParam(2, ...); // second occurrence of :a
mycmd.setParam(3, ...); // occurrence of :b

To use the same value for both occurrences of a:

mycmd.setParam(1, ...); // both occurrences of :a
mycmd.setParam(3, ...); // occurrence of :b

Parameter b is considered to be in position 3 regardless, and the number of parameters is considered to be three.

Example 2-11 Duplicate parameters: TimesTen mode

For the SQL statement above, in TimesTen mode the two occurrences of a are considered to be a single parameter, so cannot be bound separately:

mycmd.setParam(1, ...); // both occurrences of :a
mycmd.setParam(2, ...); // occurrence of :b

Note that in TimesTen mode, parameter b is considered to be in position 2, not position 3, and the number of parameters is considered to be two.

Working with REF CURSORs

REF CURSOR is a PL/SQL concept, a handle to a cursor over a SQL result set that can be passed between PL/SQL and an application. In TimesTen, the cursor can be opened in PL/SQL, then the REF CURSOR can be passed to the application for processing. This usage is an OUT REF CURSOR, an OUT parameter with respect to PL/SQL. As with any output parameter, it must be registered using the TTCmd::registerParam() method. (See "Registering parameters" and "Binding output or input/output parameters".)

In the TimesTen implementation, the REF CURSOR is attached to a separate statement handle. The application prepares a SQL statement that has a REF CURSOR parameter on one statement handle, then, before executing the statement, binds a second statement handle as the value of the REF CURSOR. After the statement is executed, the application can describe, bind, and fetch the results using the same APIs as for any result set.

In TTClasses, because a TTCmd object encapsulates a single SQL statement, two TTCmd objects are used to support this REF CURSOR model.

See "PL/SQL REF CURSORs" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database PL/SQL Developer's Guide for additional information about REF CURSORs.

Important:

In addition to supporting only OUT REF CURSORs (from PL/SQL to the application), TimesTen supports only one REFCURSOR per statement.

As noted in "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)", REF CURSOR functionality is not supported in TTClasses when you use an ODBC driver manager. (This restriction does not apply to the demo ttdm driver manager supplied with TimesTen Quick Start.)

Example 2-12 below demonstrates the following steps for using a REF CURSOR in TTClasses.

Declare a TTCmd object for the PL/SQL statement that returns a REF CURSOR (cmdPLSQL in the example).

Declare a TTCmd* pointer to point to a second TTCmd object for the REF CURSOR (cmdRefCursor in the example).

Use the first TTCmd object (cmdPLSQL) to prepare the PL/SQL statement.

Use the TTCmd::registerParam() method of the first TTCmd object to register the REF CURSOR as an output parameter.

Use the first TTCmd object to execute the statement.

Use the TTCmd::getParam() method of the first TTCmd object to retrieve the REF CURSOR into the second TTCmd object (using &cmdRefCursor). There is a getParam(int paramNo, TTCmd** rcCmd) signature for REF CURSORs.

Fetch the results from the TTCmd object for the REF CURSOR and process as desired.

Drop the first TTCmd object.

Drop the pointer to the TTCmd object for the REF CURSOR.

Issue a delete statement to delete the TTCmd object for the REF CURSOR.

Example 2-12 Using a REF CURSOR

This example retrieves and processes a REF CURSOR from a PL/SQL anonymous block. See the preceding steps for an explanation.

...
TTCmd  cmdPLSQL;
TTCmd* cmdRefCur;
TTConnection conn;
...

// c1 is a TT_INTEGER column.
cmdPLSQL.Prepare(&conn, "begin open :rc for select c1 from t; end;")
cmdPLSQL.registerParam(1, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, SQL_REFCURSOR);
cmdPLSQL.Execute();

if (cmdPLSQL.getParam(1, &cmdRefCur) == false)
{
  SQLINTEGER fetchval;

  while (!cmdRefCursor->FetchNext()) {
    cmdRefCur->getColumn(1, &fetchval);
  }
  cmdRefCursor->Drop();
  delete cmdRefCursor;
}

cmdPLSQL.Drop();

Be aware of the following usage notes when using REF CURSORs in TTClasses:

For passing REF CURSORs between PL/SQL and an application, TimesTen supports only OUT REF CURSORs, from PL/SQL to the application, and supports a statement returning only a single REF CURSOR.

Unlike TTCmd::getParam() calls for other data types, a getParam() call with a TTCmd** parameter for a REF CURSOR can only be called once. Subsequent calls will return NULL. If you must retrieve a REF CURSOR a second time, you must reexecute the statement.

If the statement is executed multiple times, the REF CURSOR parameter must be reregistered each time. For example, if you are executing the statement, getting the REF CURSOR parameter, and fetching from the REF CURSOR within a loop, then the parameter registration must also be in the loop, such as follows:

cmdPLSQL.Prepare(...);

loop
   cmdPLSQL.registerParam(...);
   cmdPLSQL.Execute();
   cmdPLSQL.getParam(...);
   fetch loop
end loop

This is shown in Example 2-13 below.

Any TTCmd object, including one for a REF CURSOR, has an ODBC statement handle allocated for it. The REF CURSOR statement handle is dropped at the time of the Drop() statement and the resource is freed after the delete statement.

Example 2-13 Using a REF CURSOR in a loop

This example uses a REF CURSOR in a loop. Assume the following declarations.

...
TTStatus stat;
TTCmd query;
TTCmd* ref_cur;
...

Here is the loop:

...
      cerr << "Selecting values using cursor" << endl;
      sprintf(query_stmt, "begin open :rc for select c1 from %s; end;", tbl_name);
      query.Prepare(&conn, query_stmt, stat);

      for (int round = 0; round < ROUNDS; round++) {

         cerr << "executing ref cursor round# " << (round+1) << endl;

         query.registerParam(1, TTCmd::PARAM_OUT, SQL_REFCURSOR);
         query.Execute(stat);

         query.getParam(1, &ref_cur);

         while(true) {
            fetch_next = ref_cur -> FetchNext(stat);
            if (fetch_next == 1)
                break;

            ref_cur -> getColumn(1, &val);
            cerr << "val = " << val << endl;
         }
      }

      conn.Commit(stat);
      ref_cur->Drop(stat);
      query.Drop(stat);
...

Working with rowids

Each row in a table has a unique identifier known as its rowid. An application can retrieve the rowid of a row from the ROWID pseudocolumn. Rowids can be represented in either binary or character format.

An application can specify literal rowid values in SQL statements, such as in WHERE clauses, as CHAR constants enclosed in single quotes.

The ODBC SQL type SQL_ROWID corresponds to the SQL type ROWID.

For parameters and result set columns, rowids are convertible to and from the C types SQL_C_BINARY, SQL_C_WCHAR, and SQL_C_CHAR. SQL_C_CHAR is the default C type for rowids. The size of a rowid is 12 bytes as SQL_C_BINARY, 18 bytes as SQL_C_CHAR, and 36 bytes as SQL_C_WCHAR.

Note that TTClasses has always supported rowids as character strings; however, a TTClasses application can now pass a rowid to a PL/SQL anonymous block as a ROWID type instead of as a string. This involves using the TTCmd::registerParam() method to register the rowid input parameter as SQL_ROWID type, as shown in Example 2-14.

Example 2-14 Using a rowid

...
TTConnection conn;
TTCmd cmd;
...
cmd.Prepare(&conn, "begin delete from t1 where rowid = :x; end;");
cmd.registerParam(1, TTCmd::PARAM_IN, SQL_ROWID);
cmd.setParam(1, rowid_string);
cmd.Execute();
...

Refer to "ROWID data type" and "ROWID" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference for additional information about rowids and the ROWID data type, including usage and life.

Note:

TimesTen does not support the PL/SQL type UROWID.

Working with LOBs

TimesTen supports LOBs (large objects). This includes CLOBs (character LOBs), NCLOBs (national character LOBs), and BLOBs (binary LOBs).

For an overview of LOBs and LOB programming interfaces for C and C++, see "Working with LOBs" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide. Only the LOB simple data interface is applicable to TTClasses.

This section discusses the use of LOBs in TTClasses, covering the following topics:

Differences between TimesTen LOBs and Oracle Database LOBs

Using the LOB simple data interface in TTClasses

Important:

As indicated in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide, in TimesTen a LOB used in an application does not remain valid past the end of the transaction.

Note:

TimesTen does not support CLOBs if the database character set is TIMESTEN8.

You can also refer to the following:

"LOB data types" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference for additional information about LOBs in TimesTen

Oracle Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide for general information about programming with LOBs (but not specific to TimesTen functionality)

Differences between TimesTen LOBs and Oracle Database LOBs

Be aware of the following:

A key difference between the TimesTen LOB implementation and the Oracle Database implementation is that in TimesTen, a LOB used in an application does not remain valid past the end of the transaction. All such LOBs are invalidated after a commit or rollback, whether explicit or implicit. This includes after any DDL statement if TimesTen DDLCommitBehavior is set to 0 (the default), for Oracle Database behavior.

TimesTen does not support BFILEs, SecureFiles, array reads and writes for LOBs, or callback functions for LOBs.

TimesTen does not support binding arrays of LOBs.

TimesTen does not support batch processing of LOBs.

Relevant to BLOBs, there are differences in the usage of hexadecimal literals in TimesTen. see the description of HexadecimalLiteral in "Constants" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference.

Using the LOB simple data interface in TTClasses

The simple data interface allows applications to access LOB data by binding and defining, just as with other scalar types. For the simple data interface in TTClasses, use getParam() and setParam() to bind parameters and use getColumn() or getColumnNullable() to define result columns. The application can bind or define using a SQL type that is compatible with the corresponding variable type, as follows:

For BLOB data, use SQL type SQL_LONGVARBINARY and C type SQL_C_BINARY.

For CLOB data, use SQL type SQL_LONGVARCHAR and C type SQL_C_CHAR.

For NCLOB data, use SQL type SQL_WLONGVARCHAR and C type SQL_C_WCHAR.

Notes:

TTClasses does not support batch mode for LOBs.

Binding a CLOB or NCLOB with a C type of SQL_C_BINARY is prohibited.

Example 2-15 shows use of the LOB simple data interface in TTClasses.

Example 2-15 Using LOBs in TTClasses

This example assumes a table with NCLOB, BLOB, and CLOB columns has been created and populated. The methods executed on these LOB types are the same as for NCHAR, BINARY, and CHAR, respectively.

#ifdef _WIN32
#include <ttcommon.h>
#endif
#include "TTInclude.h"
#define LOB_COL_SIZE 4194304

int main(int argc, char** argv) {

   TTConnection conn;
   TTCmd query;
   char conn_str[100] = "... your connection string ...";
   char tbl_name[20] = "... test table name ...";

   int num_rows = 0;
   char query_stmt[1000];
   int fetch_next;
   int value_is_null = 0;
   int column_type;
   SQLWCHAR * unicode_val;
   u_char * binary_val;
   char * alfanum_val;
   int b_len;
   int u_len;

   cerr << "Connecting to TimesTen <" << conn_str << ">" << endl;

   try {
      conn.Connect(conn_str);
      sprintf(query_stmt, "select * from %s", tbl_name);
      query.Prepare(&conn, query_stmt);
      query.Execute();
      const int num_result_cols = query.getNColumns();

      while (true) {
         // loop until no rows found
         // fetch a row; if no more rows, break out of loop
         // FetchNext returns 0 for success, 1 for SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND
         fetch_next = query.FetchNext();
         if (fetch_next == 1)
            break;

         for (int col = 1; col <= num_result_cols; col++) {
            value_is_null = 0;
            column_type = query.getColumnType(col);

            switch (column_type) {

               case SQL_WLONGVARCHAR:

                  value_is_null = query.getColumnNullable(col,
                          (SQLWCHAR**) & unicode_val, &u_len);
                  if (value_is_null) {
                     cerr << "NCLOB value is NULL";
                  } else {
                     cerr << "NCLOB value length = " << u_len << endl;
                     // do something with NCLOB value
                  }
                  break;

               case SQL_LONGVARBINARY:

                  value_is_null = query.getColumnNullable(col,
                          (void**) & binary_val, &b_len);
                  if (value_is_null) {
                     cerr << "BLOB value is NULL";
                  } else {
                     cerr << "BLOB value length = " << b_len << endl;
                     // do something with BLOB value
                  }
                  break;

               case SQL_LONGVARCHAR:

                  alfanum_val = (char*) malloc(LOB_COL_SIZE + 1);
                  value_is_null = query.getColumnNullable(col, alfanum_val);
                  if (value_is_null) {
                     cerr << "CLOB value is NULL";
                  } else {
                    cerr << "CLOB value length = " << strlen(alfanum_val) << endl;
                     // do something with BLOB value
                  }
                  free(alfanum_val);
                  break;

               default:
                  break;
            }
         }

         num_rows++;
         cerr << "row " << num_rows << " fetched" << endl;
      }
      cerr << num_rows << " rows returned" << endl;
   } catch (TTError err) {
      cerr << "\nError" << err << endl;
   }
   query.Drop();
   conn.Disconnect();
   return 0;
}

Passthrough LOBs in TTClasses

Passthrough LOBs, which are LOBs in Oracle Database accessed through TimesTen, are exposed as TimesTen LOBs and are supported by TimesTen in much the same way that any TimesTen LOB is supported, but note the following:

TimesTen LOB size limitations do not apply to storage of passthrough LOBs, but do apply to binding.

As with TimesTen local LOBs, a passthrough LOB used in an application does not remain valid past the end of the transaction.

Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements

TimesTen offers two ways for you to limit the time for SQL statements or procedure calls to execute, by setting either a timeout value or a threshold value. For the former, if the timeout duration is reached, the statement stops executing and an error is thrown. A value of 0 indicates no timeout. For the latter, if the threshold is reached, an SNMP trap is thrown but execution continues.

The query timeout limit has effect only when a SQL statement is actively executing. A timeout does not occur during commit or rollback.

Use the TTCmd methods setQueryTimeout() and setQueryThreshold() to specify these settings for the TTCmd object. Note that these methods override the settings specified by the TimesTen connection attributes SqlQueryTimeout and QueryThreshold, respectively.

There is also a getQueryThreshold() method to read the current threshold setting.

In TTClasses, these features can be used only at the statement level, not the connection level.

For related information, see "Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

Notes:

If you are using TimesTen Client/Server, the SQL query timeout should be significantly less than TTC_Timeout, and cannot be 0 (for no timeout) if TTC_Timeout is greater than 0. For details, see "TTC_Timeout" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

If both a lock timeout value and a SQL query timeout value are specified, the lesser of the two values causes a timeout first. Regarding lock timeouts, you can refer to "ttLockWait" (built-in procedure) or "LockWait" (general connection attribute) in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference, or to "Check for deadlocks and timeouts" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Troubleshooting Guide.

Using automatic client failover in a TTClasses application

TTClasses does not have its own functionality for automatic client failover, but a TTClasses application can configure TimesTen automatic client failover in the same way that an ODBC application can. This is discussed in "Using automatic client failover in your application" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide. Also see "Using automatic client failover" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide for more general information about this feature.

Using TTClasses logging

TTClasses has a logging facility that allows applications to capture debugging information. TTClasses logging is associated with processes. You can enable logging for a specific process and produce a single output log stream for the process.

TTClasses supports different levels of logging information. See Example 2-17 for more information about what is printed at each log level.

Log level TTLOG_WARN is very useful while developing a TTClasses application. It can also be appropriate for production applications because in this log level, database query plans are generated.

At the more verbose log levels (TTLOG_INFO and TTLOG_DEBUG), so much log data is generated that application performance will be adversely affected. Do not use these log levels in a production environment.

Although TTClasses logging can print to either stdout or stderr, the best approach is to write directly to a TTClasses log file. Example 2-16 demonstrates how to print TTClasses log information at log level TTLOG_WARN into the /tmp/ttclasses.log output file.

Note:

TTClasses logging is disabled by default.

Example 2-16 Printing TTClasses log information

ofstream output;
output.open("/tmp/ttclasses.log");
TTGlobal::setLogStream(output);
TTGlobal::setLogLevel(TTLog::TTLOG_WARN);

First-time users of TTClasses should spend a little time experimenting with TTClasses logging to see how errors are printed at log level TTLOG_ERROR and how much information is generated at log levels TTLOG_INFO and TTLOG_DEBUG.

See "TTGlobal" for more information about using the TTGlobal class for logging.

Using TTClasses XLA

The Transaction Log API (XLA) is a set of functions that enable you to implement applications that monitor TimesTen for changes to specified database tables and receive real-time notification of these changes.

The primary purpose of XLA is as a high-performance, asynchronous alternative to triggers.

XLA returns notification of changes to specific tables in the database and information about the transaction boundaries for those database changes. This section shows how to acknowledge updates only at transaction boundaries (a common requirement for XLA applications), using one example that does not use and one example that does use transaction boundaries.

This section covers the following topics:

Acknowledging XLA updates without using transaction boundaries

Acknowledging XLA updates at transaction boundaries

Access control impact on XLA

For additional information about XLA, see "XLA and TimesTen Event Management" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide. In addition, the TTClasses Quick Start demos provide XLA demos. See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".

Important:

As noted in "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)", XLA functionality cannot be used in an application connected to an ODBC driver manager.

If an XLA bookmark becomes stuck, which can occur if an XLA application terminates unexpectedly or disconnects without first deleting its bookmark or disabling change tracking, there may be an excessive accumulation of transaction log files. This accumulation may result in disk space being filled. For information about monitoring and addressing this situation, see "Monitoring accumulation of transaction log files" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide.

Notes:

You can subscribe to tables containing LOB columns, but information about the LOB value itself is unavailable.

Columns containing LOBs are reported as empty (zero length) or null (if the value is actually NULL). In this way, you can tell the difference between a null column and a non-null column.

An XLA reader cannot subscribe to a table that uses in-memory columnar compression.

Acknowledging XLA updates without using transaction boundaries

Example 2-17 below shows basic usage of XLA, without using transaction boundaries.

Inside the HandleChange() method, depending on whether the record is an insert, update, or delete, the appropriate method from among the following is called: HandleInsert(), HandleUpdate(), or HandleDelete().

It is inside HandleChange() that you can access the flag that indicates whether the XLA record is the last record in a particular transaction. Thus there is no way in the Example 2-17 loop for the HandleChange() method to pass the information about the transaction boundary to the loop, so that this information can influence when to call conn.ackUpdates().

This is not an issue under typical circumstances of only a few records per transaction. Usually only a few records are returned when you ask XLA to return at most 1000 records with a fetchUpdatesWait() call. XLA returns records as quickly as it can, and even if huge numbers of transactions are occurring in the database, you usually can pull the XLA records out quickly, a few at a time, and XLA makes sure that the last record returned is on a transaction boundary. For example, if you ask for 1000 records from XLA but only 15 are returned, it is highly probable that the 15th record is at the end of a transaction.

XLA guarantees one of the following:

A batch of records will end with a completed transaction (perhaps multiple transactions in a single batch of XLA records).

Or:

A batch of records will contain a partial transaction, with no completed transactions in the same batch, and subsequent batches of XLA records will be returned for that single transaction until its transaction boundary has been reached.

Example 2-17 TTClasses XLA program

This example shows a typical main loop of a TTClasses XLA program. (It also assumes a signal handler is in place.)

TTXlaPersistConnection conn; // XLA connection
TTXlaTableList list(&conn); // tables being monitored
ttXlaUpdateDesc_t ** arry; // pointer to returned XLA records
int records_fetched;
// ...

while (!signal_received) {
  // fetch the updates
  conn.fetchUpdatesWait(&arry, MAX_RECS_TO_FETCH, &records_fetched, ...);

  // Interpret the updates
  for(j=0;j < records_fetched;j++){
    ttXlaUpdateDesc_t *p;
    p = arry[j];
    list.HandleChange(p, NULL);
  } // end for each record fetched

  // periodically call ackUpdates()
  if (/* some condition is reached */) {
    conn.ackUpdates();
  }
}

Acknowledging XLA updates at transaction boundaries

XLA applications should verify whether the last record in a batch of XLA records is at a transaction boundary, and call ackUpdates() only on transaction boundaries. This way, when the application or system or database fails, the XLA bookmark is at the start of a transaction after the system recovers. This is especially important when operations involve a large number of rows. If a bulk insert, update, or delete operation has been performed on the database and the XLA application asks for 1000 records, it may or may not receive all 1000 records. The last record returned through XLA will probably not have the end-of-transaction flag. In fact, if the transaction has made changes to 10,000 records, then clearly a minimum of 10 blocks of 1000 XLA records must be fetched before reaching the transaction boundary.

Calling ackUpdates() for every transaction boundary is not recommended, however, because ackUpdates() is a relatively expensive operation. Users should balance overall system throughput with recovery time and disk space requirements. (Recall that a TimesTen transaction log file cannot be deleted by a checkpoint operation if XLA has a bookmark that references that log file. See "ttLogHolds" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference for related information.) Depending on system throughput, recovery time, and disk space requirements, some applications may find it appropriate to call ackUpdates() once or several times per minute, while other applications may need only call it once or several times per hour.

The HandleChange() method has a second parameter to allow passing information between HandleChange() and the main XLA loop. Compare Example 2-17 above with Example 2-18, specifically the do_acknowledge setting and the &do_acknowledge parameter of the HandleChange() call.

Example 2-18 TTClasses XLA program using transaction boundaries

In this example, ackUpdates() is called only when the do_acknowledge flag indicates that this batch of XLA records is at a transaction boundary. (The example also assumes a signal handler is in place.)

TTXlaPersistConnection conn; // XLA connection
TTXlaTableList list(&conn); // tables being monitored
ttXlaUpdateDesc_t ** arry; // ptr to returned XLA recs
int records_fetched;
int do_acknowledge;
int j;

// ...
while (!signal_received) {
  // fetch the updates
  conn.fetchUpdatesWait(&arry, MAX_RECS_TO_FETCH, &records_fetched, ...);

  do_acknowledge = FALSE;

  // Interpret the updates
  for(j=0;j < records_fetched;j++){
    ttXlaUpdateDesc_t *p;
    p = arry[j];
    list.HandleChange(p, &do_acknowledge);
  } // end for each record fetched

  // periodically call ackUpdates()
  if (do_acknowledge == TRUE  /* and some other conditions ... */ ) {
    conn.ackUpdates();
  }
}

In addition to this change to the XLA main loop, the HandleChange() method must be overloaded to have two parameters (ttXlaUpdateDesc_t*, void* pData). See "HandleChange()". The Quick Start xlasubscriber1 demo shows the use of a pData parameter. (See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

Access control impact on XLA

"Considering TimesTen features for access control" provides a brief overview of how TimesTen access control affects operations in the database. Access control impacts XLA.

The system privilege XLA is required for any XLA functionality, such as connecting to TimesTen (which also requires the CREATE SESSION privilege) as an XLA reader, executing XLA-related TimesTen C functions, and executing XLA-related TimesTen built-in procedures.

You can refer to "Access control impact on XLA" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for additional details.

Note:

A user with the XLA privilege can be notified of any DML statement that executes in the database. As a result, the user with XLA privilege can obtain information about database objects that he or she has not otherwise been granted access to. In practical terms, the XLA privilege is effectively the same as the SELECT ANY TABLE, SELECT ANY VIEW, and SELECT ANY SEQUENCE privileges.

3 Class Descriptions

This reference chapter contains descriptions of TTClasses external classes and their methods. It is divided into the following sections:

Commonly used TTClasses

System catalog classes

XLA classes

Note:

Most methods documented in this chapter also support a signature with a TTStatus& parameter at the end of the calling sequence. This is for situations when you want to suppress exceptions for the method call and instead process the TTStatus object manually for errors. These signatures are not specifically documented, however, because this is not a recommended mode of use. For additional information and an example, see the "Usage" section under "TTStatus".

Commonly used TTClasses

This section discusses the following classes:

TTGlobal

TTStatus

TTConnection

TTConnectionPool

TTCmd

TTGlobal

The TTGlobal class provides a logging facility within TTClasses.

Usage

The TTGlobal logging facility can be very useful for debugging problems inside a TTClasses program. Note, however, that the most verbose logging levels (TTLog::TTLOG_INFO and TTLog::TTLOG_DEBUG) can generate an extremely large amount of output. Use these logging levels during development or when trying to diagnose a bug. They are not appropriate for most production environments.

When logging from a multithreaded program, you may encounter a problem where log output from different program threads is intermingled when written to disk. To alleviate this problem, disable ostream buffering with the ios_base::unitbuf I/O stream manipulator, as in the following example, which sends TTClasses logging to the app_log.txt file at logging level TTLog::TTLOG_ERR.

ofstream log_file("app_log.txt");
log_file << std::ios_base::unitbuf;
TTGlobal::setLogStream(log_file);
TTGlobal::setLogLevel(TTLog::TTLOG_ERR);

See "Using TTClasses logging" for more information about using TTGlobal.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

disableLogging()

Disables TTClasses logging.

setLogLevel()

Specifies the verbosity level of TTClasses logging.

setLogStream()

Specifies where TTClasses logging information should be sent.

sqlhenv()

Returns the underlying ODBC environment object (type SQLHENV).

disableLogging()

static void disableLogging()

This method disables all TTClasses logging. Note that the following two statements are identical:

TTGlobal::disableLogging();
TTGlobal::setLogLevel(TTLog::TTLOG_NIL);

setLogLevel()

static void setLogLevel(TTLog::TTLOG_LEVEL level)

This method specifies the verbosity level of TTClasses logging. Table 3-1 describes TTClasses logging levels. The levels are cumulative.

Table 3-1 TTClasses logging levels

Logging level
Description

TTLog::TTLOG_NIL

There is no logging.

TTLog::TTLOG_FATAL_ERR

Logs fatal errors (serious misuse of TTClasses methods).

TTLog::TTLOG_ERR

Logs all errors, such as SQL_ERROR return codes.

TTLog::TTLOG_WARN

(Default) Also logs warnings and all calls to TTCmd::Prepare(), including the SQL string being prepared. Prints all database optimizer query plans.

TTLog::TTLOG_INFO

Also logs informational messages, such as calls to most methods on TTCmd and TTConnection objects, including the SQL string where appropriate.

TTLog::TTLOG_DEBUG

Also logs debugging information, such as all bound parameter values for each call to TTCmd::Execute().

To set the logging level to TTLog::TTLOG_ERR, for example, add the following line to your program:

TTGlobal::setLogLevel(TTLog::TTLOG_ERR);

setLogStream()

static void setLogStream(ostream& stream)

Specifies where TTClasses logging information should be sent. By default, if TTClasses logging is enabled, logging is to stderr. Using this method, an application can specify logging to a file (or any other ostream&), such as in the following example that sets logging to app_log.txt:

ofstream log_file("app_log.txt");
TTGlobal::setLogStream(log_file);

sqlhenv()

static SQLHENV sqlhenv()

Retrieves the underlying ODBC environment object.

TTStatus

The TTStatus class is used by other classes in the TTClasses library to catch error and warning exceptions. You can think of TTStatus as a value-added C++ wrapper around the SQLError ODBC function.

Usage

The preferred mode for TTClasses error handling is for a TTStatus object to be thrown as an exception whenever an error or warning occurs. To accomplish this, the TTClasses library, as well as your applications, must be compiled with the TTEXCEPT preprocessor variable enabled. (TTClasses is compiled this way by default.) This allows C++ applications to use {try/catch} blocks to detect and recover from failure.

Example 3-1 shows typical use of TTStatus. Also see Example 3-3.

Example 3-1 Exception handling

...
TTCmd    myCmd;

try {
  myCmd.ExecuteImmediate(&conn, "create table dummy (c1 int)");
}

catch (TTStatus st) {
  cerr << "Error creating table: " << st << endl;
  // Rollback, exit(), throw -- whatever is appropriate
}

Another supported (but not typical) mode of use for TTStatus, when TTEXCEPT is enabled, is to selectively suppress exceptions and allow the application to manually check a TTStatus object for error conditions. You can use this mode for a particular method call by initializing a TTStatus object with the value TTStatus::DO_NOT_THROW, then passing that object as the last parameter of a method call. Most TTClasses methods documented in this chapter also support a signature with this TTStatus& parameter as the last parameter in the calling sequence.

Example 3-2 that follows shows this usage.

Example 3-2 Suppressing exceptions

...
TTCmd    myCmd;
TTStatus myStat(TTStatus::DO_NOT_THROW);

myCmd.ExecuteImmediate(&conn, "create table dummy (c1 int)", myStat);
if (myStat.rc == SQL_ERROR)
{
  // handle the error
}
...

Another mode of operation, which is not recommended, is to compile TTClasses and your application without the TTEXCEPT flag enabled. In this case, exceptions are not thrown, and the only way to process errors is through TTStatus& parameters in your method calls. When you compile this way, the newer method signatures (without TTStatus& parameters) are unavailable.

Subclasses

TTStatus has the following subclasses:

TTError

TTWarning

TTError

TTError is a subclass of TTStatus and is used to encapsulate ODBC errors (return codes SQL_ERROR and SQL_INVALID_HANDLE).

TTWarning

TTWarning is a subclass of TTStatus and is used to encapsulate ODBC warnings (return code SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO).

ODBC warnings (the Return Receipt warning, for example) are usually not as serious as ODBC errors and should typically be handled with different logic. ODBC errors should be handled programmatically. There may be circumstances where handling ODBC warnings programmatically is warranted, but it is usually sufficient to simply log them.

Example 3-3 shows usage of the TTError and TTWarning subclasses.

Example 3-3 Exception handling, distinguishing between errors and warnings

This example shows the use of TTError and TTWarning. TTError objects are thrown for ODBC errors. TTWarning objects are thrown for ODBC warnings.

// catching TTError & TTWarning exceptions

try {
  // some TTClasses method calls
}
catch (TTWarning warn) {
  cerr << "Warning encountered: " << warn << endl;
}
catch (TTError err) {
  // handle the error; this could be a serious problem
}

Public members

Member
Description

rc
Return code from the failing ODBC call: SQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_ERROR, SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND, or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE

native_error
TimesTen native error number (if any) for the failing ODBC call

odbc_error
ODBC error state for the failing ODBC call

err_msg
ASCII printable error message for the failing ODBC call

TTSTATUS_ENUM
Enumeration for error status and error handling

Use the value TTStatus::DO_NOT_THROW to initialize a TTStatus object to suppress exceptions for a method call. See Example 3-2.

Public methods

Method
Description

isConnectionInvalid()

Indicates whether the database connection is invalid.

ostream()

Prints errors to a stream.

throwError()

Throws an error from the TTStatus object (not typical use).

isConnectionInvalid()

bool isConnectionInvalid() const

Returns TRUE if the database connection is invalid, or FALSE if it is valid. Specifically, "invalid" refers to situations when a TimesTen error 846 or 994 is encountered. See "Errors 0 - 999" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Error Messages and SNMP Traps for information about those errors.

ostream()

friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, TTStatus& stat)

This method prints the error to a stream.

throwError()

void throwError()

This is an alternative, but not typical, way to throw an exception. In most cases the following two blocks of code are equivalent, but the former is more typical.

try {
  // ...
  if (/* something has gone wrong */)
    throw stat;
}
catch (TTStatus st) {
  cerr << "Caught exception: " << st << endl;
}

Or:

try {
  // ...
  if (/* something has gone wrong */)
    stat.throwError();
}
catch (TTStatus st) {
  cerr << "Caught exception: " << st << endl;
}

TTConnection

The TTConnection class encapsulates the concept of a connection to a database. You can think of TTConnection as a value-added C++ wrapper around the ODBC connection handle (SQLHDBC).

Usage

All applications that use TimesTen must create at least one TTConnection object.

Multithreaded applications that use TimesTen from multiple threads simultaneously must create multiple TTConnection objects. Use one of the following strategies:

Create one TTConnection object for each thread when the thread is created.

Create a pool of TTConnection objects when the application process starts. They are shared by the threads in the process. See "TTConnectionPool" for additional information about this option.

A TimesTen connection cannot be inherited from a parent process. If a process opens a database connection before creating (forking) a child process, the child cannot use the same connection. Any attempt by a child to use a database connection of a parent can cause application failure or a core dump.

Applications should not frequently make and then drop database connections, because connecting and disconnecting are both relatively expensive operations. In addition, short-lived connections eliminate the benefits of prepared statements. Instead, establish database connections at the beginning of the application process and reuse them for the life of the process.

Also see "Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool".

Note:

If you must manipulate the underlying ODBC connection object directly, use the TTConnection::getHdbc() method.

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections".

Public members

Member
Description

DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM
Specifies whether there will be a prompt for the database to connect to (also depending on whether a database is specified in the connect string).

Valid values are TTConnection::DRIVER_NOPROMPT, TTConnection::DRIVER_COMPLETE, TTConnection::DRIVER_PROMPT, and TTConnection::DRIVER_COMPLETE_REQUIRED. These correspond to the values SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT, SQL_DRIVER_COMPLETE, SQL_DRIVER_PROMPT, and SQL_DRIVER_COMPLETE_REQUIRED for the standard ODBC SQLDriverConnect function.

Public methods

Method
Description

Commit()

Commits a transaction to the database.

Connect()

Opens a new database connection.

Disconnect()

Closes a database connection.

DurableCommit()

Performs a durable commit operation on the database.

getHdbc()

Returns the ODBC connection handle (type SQLHDBC) associated with this connection.

GetTTContext()

Returns the connection context value.

isConnected()

Returns TRUE if the object is connected to TimesTen.

Rollback()

Rolls back changes made to the database through this connection since the last call to Commit() or Rollback().

SetAutoCommitOff()

Disables autocommit for the connection.

SetAutoCommitOn()

Enables autocommit for the connection.

SetIsoReadCommitted()

Sets the transaction isolation level of the connection to be TXN_READ_COMMITTED.

SetIsoSerializable()

Sets the transaction isolation level of the connection to be TXN_SERIALIZABLE.

SetLockWait()

Sets the lock timeout interval for the connection by calling the ttLockWait TimesTen built-in procedure.

SetPrefetchCloseOff()

Turns off the TT_PREFETCH_CLOSE connection option.

SetPrefetchCloseOn()

Turns on the TT_PREFETCH_CLOSE connection option. This is useful for optimizing SELECT query performance for client/server connections to TimesTen.

SetPrefetchCount()

Allows a user application to tune the number of rows that the TimesTen ODBC driver SQLFetch call will prefetch for a SELECT statement.

Commit()

void Commit()

Commits a transaction to the database. All other operations performed on this connection since the last call to the Commit() or Rollback() method will be committed. A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs. Also see Rollback().

Connect()

virtual void Connect(const char* connStr)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                     const char* password)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion)

Opens a new database connection. The connection string specified in the connStr parameter is used to create the connection. Specify a user and password, either as part of the connect string or as separate parameters, or a DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM value (refer to "Public members"). Also see Disconnect().

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections".

Example 3-4 Using the Connect() method and checking for errors

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs. Any exception warnings are usually informational and can often be safely ignored. The following logic is preferred for use of the Connect() method.

TTWarning and TTError are subclasses of TTStatus.

TTConnection conn;
...

try {
  conn.Connect("DSN=mydsn", "myuser", "mypassword");
}
catch (TTWarning warn) {
  // warnings from Connect() are usually informational
  cerr << ''Warning while connecting to TimesTen: '' << warn << endl;
}
catch (TTError err) {
  // handle the error; this could be a serious problem
}

Disconnect()

void Disconnect()

Closes a database connection. A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs. Also see Connect().

DurableCommit()

void DurableCommit()

Performs a durable commit operation on the database. A durable commit operation flushes the in-memory transaction log buffer to disk. It calls the ttDurableCommit TimesTen built-in procedure.

See "ttDurableCommit" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

getHdbc()

SQLHDBC getHdbc()

Returns the ODBC connection handle associated with this connection.

GetTTContext()

void GetTTContext(char* output)

Returns the context value of the connection, a value that is unique for each database connection. The context of a connection can be used to correlate TimesTen connections with PIDs (process IDs) using the ttStatus TimesTen utility, for example.

The context value is returned through the output parameter, which requires an array of CHAR[17] or larger.

This method calls the ttContext TimesTen built-in procedure. See "ttContext" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

isConnected()

bool isConnected()

Returns TRUE if the object is connected to TimesTen using the Connect() method or FALSE if not.

Rollback()

void Rollback()

Rolls back (cancels) a transaction. Any changes made to the database through this connection since the last call to Commit() or Rollback() will be undone. A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs. Also see Commit().

SetAutoCommitOff()

void SetAutoCommitOff()

Disables autocommit for the connection. Also see SetAutoCommitOn().

This method is automatically called by TTConnection::Connect(), because TimesTen runs with optimal performance only with autocommit disabled.

Note that when autocommit is disabled, committing SELECT statements requires explicit calls to TTCmd::Close().

SetAutoCommitOn()

void SetAutoCommitOn()

Enables autocommit for the connection, which means that every SQL statement occurs in its own transaction. Also see SetAutoCommitOff().

SetAutoCommitOn() is generally not advisable, because TimesTen runs much faster with autocommit disabled.

SetIsoReadCommitted()

void SetIsoReadCommitted()

Sets the transaction isolation level of the connection to be TXN_READ_COMMITTED. The Read Committed isolation level offers the best combination of single-transaction performance and good multiconnection concurrency. Also see SetIsoSerializable(), following.

SetIsoSerializable()

void SetIsoSerializable()

Sets the transaction isolation level of the connection to be TXN_SERIALIZABLE. In general, Serializable isolation level offers fair individual transaction performance but extremely poor concurrency. Read Committed isolation level is preferable over Serializable isolation level in almost all situations. Also see SetIsoReadCommitted().

SetLockWait()

void SetLockWait(int secs)

Sets the lock timeout interval for the connection by calling the ttLockWait TimesTen built-in procedure with the secs parameter. In general, a two-second or three-second lock timeout is sufficient for most applications. The default lock timeout interval is 10 seconds.

See "ttLockWait" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

SetPrefetchCloseOff()

void SetPrefetchCloseOff()

Turns off the TT_PREFETCH_CLOSE connection option. Also see SetPrefetchCloseOn().

SetPrefetchCloseOn()

void SetPrefetchCloseOn()

Turns on the TT_PREFETCH_CLOSE connection option, which is useful for optimizing SELECT query performance for serializable transactions in client/server applications. Note that this method provides no benefit for an application using a direct connection to TimesTen. Also see SetPrefetchCloseOff().

See "Enable TT_PREFETCH_CLOSE for Serializable transactions" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide.

SetPrefetchCount()

void SetPrefetchCount(int numrows)

Allows a client/server application to tune the number of rows that the TimesTen ODBC driver internally fetches at a time for a SELECT statement. The value of numrows must be between 1 and 128, inclusive.

Note that this method provides no benefit for an application using a direct connection to TimesTen.

Note:

This method is not equivalent to executing TTCmd::FetchNext() multiple times. Instead, proper use of this parameter reduces the amount of time for each call to TTCmd::FetchNext().

See "Prefetching multiple rows of data" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for more information about TT_PREFETCH_COUNT.

TTConnectionPool

The TTConnectionPool class is used by multithreaded applications to manage a pool of connections.

In general, multithreaded applications can be written using one of the following strategies:

If there is a relatively small number of threads and the threads are long-lived, each thread can be assigned to a different connection, which is used for the duration of the application. In this scenario, the TTConnectionPool class is not necessary.

If there is a large number of threads in the process, or if the threads are short-lived, a pool of idle connections can be established. These connections are used for the duration of the application. When a thread must perform a database transaction, it checks out an idle connection from the pool, performs its transaction, then returns the connection to the pool. This is the scenario that the TTConnectionPool class assists with.

Note:

For best overall performance, TimesTen recommends having one or two concurrent direct connections to the database for each CPU of the database server. For no reason should your number of concurrent direct connections (the size of your connection pool) be more than twice the number of CPUs on the database server. For client/server connections, however, TimesTen supports many more connections per CPU efficiently.

Usage

To use the TTConnectionPool class, an application creates a single instance of the class. It then creates several TTConnection objects, instances of either the TTConnection class or a user class that extends it, but does not call their Connect() methods directly. Instead, the application uses the TTConnectionPool::AddConnectionToPool() method to place connection objects into the pool, then calls TTConnectionPool::ConnectAll() to establish all the connections to TimesTen. In the background, ConnectAll() loops through all the TTConnection objects to call their Connect() methods.

Threads for TimesTen applications use the getConnection() and freeConnection() methods to get and return idle connections.

Also see "Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool".

Important:

If you want to use TTConnectionPool and extend TTConnection, do not override the TTConnection::Connect() method that has driverCompletion in the calling sequence, because there is no corresponding TTConnectionPool::ConnectAll() method. Instead, override either of the following Connect() methods:

virtual void Connect(const char* connStr)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                     const char* password)

Then use the appropriate corresponding ConnectAll() method.

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections".

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

AddConnectionToPool()

Adds a TTConnection object (possibly an object of a class derived from TTConnection) to the connection pool.

ConnectAll()

Connects all the TTConnection objects to TimesTen simultaneously.

DisconnectAll()

Disconnects all connections in the connection pool from TimesTen.

freeConnection()

Returns a connection to the pool for reassignment to another thread.

getConnection()

Checks out an idle connection from the connection pool for a thread.

getStats()

Queries the TTConnectionPool object for connection pool status information.

AddConnectionToPool()

int AddConnectionToPool(TTConnection* connP)

This method is used to add a TTConnection object (possibly an object of a class derived from TTConnection) to the connection pool. It returns -1 if there is an error. Also see freeConnection().

ConnectAll()

void ConnectAll(const char* connStr)
void ConnectAll(const char* connStr, const char* username, const char* password)

After all the TTConnection objects of an application have been added to the connection pool by AddConnectionToPool(), the ConnectAll() method can be used to connect all of the TTConnection objects to TimesTen simultaneously. The connection string specified in the connStr parameter is used to create the connection. Specify a user and password, either as part of the connect string or as separate parameters. Also see DisconnectAll().

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections".

DisconnectAll()

void DisconnectAll()

Disconnects all connections in the connection pool from TimesTen. Also see ConnectAll().

Applications must call DisconnectAll() before termination to avoid overhead associated with process failure analysis and recovery. A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

freeConnection()

void freeConnection(TTConnection* connP)

Returns a connection to the pool for reassignment to another thread. Applications should not free connections that are in the middle of a transaction. TTConnection::Commit() or Rollback() should be called immediately before the TTConnection object is passed to freeConnection(). Also see AddConnectionToPool().

getConnection()

TTConnection* getConnection(int timeout_millis=0)

Checks out an idle connection from the connection pool for use by a thread. A pointer to an idle TTConnection object is returned. The thread should then perform a transaction, ending with either Commit() or Rollback(), and then should return the connection to the pool using the freeConnection() method.

If no idle connections are in the pool, the thread calling getConnection() will block until a connection is returned to the pool by a call to freeConnection(). An optional timeout, in milliseconds, can be provided. If this is provided, getConnection() waits for a free connection for no more than timeout_millis milliseconds. If no connection is available in that time then getConnection() returns NULL to the caller.

getStats()

void getStats(int* nGets, int* nFrees, int* nWaits, int* nTimeouts,
              int* maxInUse, int* nForcedCommits)

Queries the TTConnectionPool for status information. The following data are returned:

nGets: Number of calls to getConnection()

nFrees: Number of calls to freeConnection()

nWaits: Number of times a call to getConnection() had to wait before returning a connection

nTimeouts: Number of calls to getConnection() that timed out

maxInUse: High point for the most number of connections in use simultaneously

nForcedCommits: Number of times that freeConnection() had to call Commit() on a connection before checking it into the pool

If this counter is nonzero, the user application is not calling TTConnection::Commit() or Rollback() before returning a connection to the pool.

TTCmd

A TTCmd object encapsulates a single SQL statement that will be used multiple times in an application program. You can think of TTCmd as a value-added C++ wrapper around the ODBC statement (SQLHSTMT) handle.

TTCmd has three categories of public methods:

Public methods for general use and non-batch operations

Public methods for obtaining TTCmd object properties

Public methods for batch operations

Important:

Several TTCmd methods will return an error if used with an ODBC driver manager. See "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)" for information.

Usage

Each SQL statement executed multiple times in a program should have its own TTCmd object. Each of these TTCmd objects should be prepared once during program initialization, then executed with the Execute() method multiple times as the program runs.

Only database operations that are to be executed a small number of times should use the ExecuteImmediate() method. Note that ExecuteImmediate() is not compatible with any type of SELECT statement. All queries must use Prepare() plus Execute() instead. ExecuteImmediate() is also incompatible with INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements that are subsequently polled using getRowcount() to see how many rows were inserted, updated or deleted. These limitations have been placed on ExecuteImmediate() to discourage its use except in a few particular situations (for example, for creating or dropping a table).

Also see "Using TTCmd, TTConnection, and TTConnectionPool".

Note:

If you have reason to manipulate the underlying ODBC statement object directly, use the TTCmd::getHandle() method.

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. See "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

Public members

Member | Description
TTCMD_PARAM_INPUTOUTPUT_TYPE | This is used to specify whether a parameter is input, output, or input/output when registering the parameter. Supported values are PARAM_IN, PARAM_INOUT, and PARAM_OUT. See "Registering parameters".

Public methods for general use and non-batch operations

Method
Description

Close()

Closes the result set when the application has finished fetching rows.

Drop()

Frees a prepared SQL statement and all resources associated with it.

Execute()

Invokes a SQL statement that has been prepared for execution.

ExecuteImmediate()

Invokes a SQL statement that has not been previously prepared.

FetchNext()

Fetches rows from the result set, one at a time. It returns 0 when a row was successfully fetched or 1 when no more rows are available.

getColumn()

Retrieves the value in the specified column of the current row of the result set.

getColumnLength()

Returns the length of the specified column, in bytes.

getColumnNullable()

Retrieves the value in the specified column of the current row of the result set and returns a boolean to indicate whether the value is NULL.

getHandle()

Retrieves the underlying ODBC statement handle.

getMaxRows()

Returns the current limit on the number of rows returned by a SELECT statement.

getNextColumn()

Retrieves the value in the next column of the current row of the result set.

getNextColumnNullable()

Retrieves the value in the next column of the current row of the result set and returns a boolean to indicate whether the value is NULL.

getParam()

Each call gets the output value of a specified output or input/output parameter after executing a prepared SQL statement.

getQueryThreshold()

Retrieves the query threshold value.

getRowCount()

Returns the number of rows that were affected by the recently executed SQL operation.

isColumnNull()

Indicates whether the value in the specified column of the current row is NULL.

Prepare()

Associates a SQL statement with the TTCmd object.

printColumn()

Prints the value in the specified column of the current row to an output stream.

registerParam()

Registers a parameter for binding. This is required for output or input/output parameters.

RePrepare()

In situations where the statement handle for a prepared statement has been invalidated, this allows the statement to be re-prepared.

setMaxRows()

Sets a limit on the number of rows returned by a SELECT statement.

setParam()

Each call sets the value of a specified parameter before executing a prepared SQL statement.

setParamLength()

Sets the length, in bytes, of the specified input parameter.

setParamNull()

Sets the value of a parameter to NULL before executing a prepared SQL statement.

setQueryThreshold()

Sets a threshold time limit for execution of each SQL statement. If it is exceeded, a warning is written to the support log and an SNMP trap is thrown.

setQueryTimeout()

Sets a timeout value for SQL statements.

Close()

void Close()

If a SQL SELECT statement is executed using the Execute() method, a cursor is opened which may be used to fetch rows from the result set. When the application is finished fetching rows from the result set, it must be closed with the Close() method.

Failure to close the result set may result in locks being held on rows for too long, causing concurrency problems, memory leaks, and other errors.

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

Drop()

void Drop()

If a prepared SQL statement will not be used in the future, the statement and resources associated with it can be freed by a call to the Drop() method. The TTCmd object may be reused for another statement if Prepare() is called again.

It is more efficient to use multiple TTCmd objects to execute multiple SQL statements. Use the Drop() method only if a particular SQL statement will not be used again.

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

Execute()

void Execute()

This method invokes a SQL statement that has been prepared for execution with the Prepare() method, after any necessary parameter values are defined using setParam() calls. A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

If the SQL statement is a SELECT statement, this method executes the query but does not return any rows from the result set. Use the FetchNext() method to fetch rows from the result set one at a time. Use the Close() method to close the result set when all appropriate rows have been fetched. For SQL statements other than SELECT, no cursor is opened, and a call to the Close() method is not necessary.

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. Access control privileges are checked both when SQL is prepared and when it is executed in the database, with most of the performance cost coming at prepare time. See "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

ExecuteImmediate()

int ExecuteImmediate(TTConnection* cP, const char* sqlp)

This method invokes a SQL statement that has not been previously prepared.

ExecuteImmediate() is a convenient alternative to using Prepare() and Execute() when a SQL statement is to be executed only a small number of times. Use ExecuteImmediate() for DDL statements such as CREATE TABLE and DROP TABLE, and infrequently used DML statements that do not return a result set (for example, DELETE FROM table_name).

ExecuteImmediate() is incompatible with SQL statements that return a result set. In addition, statements executed through ExecuteImmediate() cannot subsequently be queried by getRowCount() to get the number of rows affected by a DML operation. Because of this, ExecuteImmediate() calls getRowCount() automatically, and its value is the integer return value of this method.

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

FetchNext()

int FetchNext()

After executing a prepared SQL SELECT statement using the Execute() method, use the FetchNext() method to fetch rows from the result set, one at a time.

After fetching a row of the result set, use the appropriate overloaded getColumn() method to fetch values from the current row.

If no more rows remain in the result set, FetchNext() returns 1. If a row is returned, FetchNext() returns 0.

After executing a SELECT statement using the Execute() method, the result set must be closed using the Close() method after all desired rows have been fetched. Note that after the Close() method is called, the FetchNext() method cannot be used to fetch additional rows from the result set.

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

getColumn()

void getColumn (int cno, TYPE* valueP)
void getColumn (int cno, TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

The getColumn() method, as well as the getColumnNullable() method, fetches the values for columns of the current row of the result set. Before getColumn() or getColumnNullable() can be called, the FetchNext() method must be called to fetch the next (or first) row from the result set of a SELECT statement. SQL statements are executed using the Execute() method.

Each getColumn() call retrieves the value associated with a particular column. Columns are referred to by ordinal number, with "1" indicating the first column specified in the SELECT statement. In all cases the first argument passed to the getColumn() method, cno, is the ordinal number of the column whose value is to be fetched. The second argument, valueP, is a pointer to a variable that stores the value of the specified column. The type of this argument varies depending on the type of the column being returned. For NCHAR, NVARCHAR, and binary types, as shown in the table, the method call also specifies byteLenP, a pointer to an integer value for the number of bytes written into the valueP buffer.

The TTClasses library does not support a large set of data type conversions. The appropriate version of getColumn() must be called for each output column in the prepared SQL. Calling the wrong version, such as attempting to fetch an integer column into a char* value, will result in a thrown exception (TTStatus object).

When fetching integer-type data from NUMBER columns, getColumn() supports the following variants: SQLTINYINT, SQLSMALLINT, SQLINTEGER, and SQLBIGINT. They are appropriate only for NUMBER fields with the scale parameter set to zero, such as NUMBER(p) or NUMBER(p,0). The functions have the following range of precision.

Function | Precision Range
SQLTINYINT | 0<=p<=2
SQLSMALLINT | 0<=p<=4
SQLINTEGER | 0<=p<=9
SQLBIGINT | 0<=p<=18

To ensure that all values in the column will fit into the variable that the application uses to retrieve information from the database, you can use SQLBIGINT for all table columns of data type NUMBER(p), where 0 <= p <= 18. For example:

getColumn(int cno, SQLBIGINT* iP)

Table 3-2 shows the supported TimesTen column types and the appropriate versions of getColumn() and getColumnNullable() to use for each parameter type.

Table 3-2 getColumn() variants for supported TimesTen table column types

Data type
getColumn() variants supported

TT_TINYINT

getColumn(cno, SQLTINYINT* iP)

TT_SMALLINT

getColumn(cno, SQLSMALLINT* iP)

TT_INTEGER

getColumn(cno, SQLINTEGER* iP)

TT_BIGINT

getColumn(cno, SQLBIGINT* iP)

BINARY_FLOAT

getColumn(cno, float* fP)

BINARY_DOUBLE

getColumn(cno, double* dP)

NUMBER

TT_DECIMAL

getColumn(cno, char** cPP)

getColumn(cno, char* cP)

getColumn(cno, SQLTINYINT* iP)

getColumn(cno, SQLSMALLINT* iP)

getColumn(cno, SQLINTEGER* iP)

getColumn(cno, SQLBIGINT* iP)

Note: The char* version allows TTClasses to pass in an array of preallocated storage, and TTClasses will copy the char output fetched from the database into this array. The integer type methods are appropriate only for columns declared with the scale parameter set to zero.

TT_CHAR

CHAR

TT_VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

getColumn(cno, char** cPP)

getColumn(cno, char* cP)

Note: The char* version enables you to preallocate the output buffer.

TT_NCHAR

NCHAR

TT_NVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

getColumn(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP)

getColumn(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

Note: Optionally use the byteLenP parameter for the number of bytes in the returned value.

BINARY

VARBINARY

getColumn(cno, void** binPP, byteLenP)

getColumn(cno, void* binP, byteLenP)

Note: The void* version enables you to preallocate the output buffer.

DATE

TT_TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

getColumn(cno, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* tsP)

TT_DATE

getColumn(cno, DATE_STRUCT* dP)

TT_TIME

getColumn(cno, TIME_STRUCT* tP)

Other TimesTen table column types are not supported in this release of the TTClasses library.

getColumnLength()

int getColumnLength(int cno)

Returns the length, in bytes, of the value in column number cno of the current row, not counting the NULL terminator. Or it returns SQL_NULL_DATA if the value is NULL. (For those familiar with ODBC, this is the value stored by ODBC in the last parameter, pcbValue, from SQLBindCol after a call to SQLFetch.) When there is a non-null value, the length returned is between 0 and the column precision, inclusive. See getColumnPrecision().

For example, assume a VARCHAR2(25) column. If the value is null, the length returned is -1. If the value is 'abcde', the length returned is 5.

This method is generally useful only when accessing columns of type CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, BINARY, and VARBINARY.

getColumnNullable()

bool getColumnNullable(int cno, TYPE* valueP)
bool getColumnNullable(int cno, TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

The getColumnNullable() method is similar to the getColumn() method and supports the same data types and signatures as documented in Table 3-2 above. However, in addition to the behavior of getColumn(), the getColumnNullable() method also returns a boolean indicating whether the value is the SQL NULL pseudo-value. If the value is NULL, the second parameter is set to a distinctive value (for example, -9999) and the return value from the method is TRUE. If the value is not NULL, it is returned through the variable pointed to by the second parameter and the getColumnNullable() method returns FALSE.

getHandle()

SQLHSTMT getHandle()

If you must manipulate the underlying ODBC statement object, use this method to retrieve the statement handle.

getMaxRows()

int getMaxRows()

This method returns the current limit of the number of rows returned by a SELECT statement from this TTCmd object. A return value of 0 means all rows are returned. Also see setMaxRows().

getNextColumn()

void getNextColumn(TYPE* valueP)
void getNextColumn(TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

The getNextColumn() method, as well as the getNextColumnNullable() method, fetches the value of the next column of the current row of the result set. Before getNextColumn() or getNextColumnNullable() can be called, the FetchNext() method must be called to fetch the next (or first) row from the result set of a SELECT statement. When you use getNextColumn(), the columns are fetched in order. You cannot change the fetch order.

See Table 3-2 for the supported SQL data types and the appropriate method version to use for each data type. This information can be used for getNextColumn(), except there is no column number parameter for getNextColumn().

getNextColumnNullable()

bool getNextColumnNullable(TYPE* valueP)
bool getNextColumnNullable(TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

The getNextColumnNullable() method is similar to the getNextColumn() method. However, in addition to the behavior of getNextColumn(), the getNextColumnNullable() method returns a boolean indicating whether the value is the SQL NULL pseudo-value. If the value is NULL, the second parameter is set to a distinctive value (for example, -9999) and the return value from the method is TRUE. If the value is not NULL, it is returned through the variable pointed to by the second parameter, and the method returns FALSE. When you use getNextColumnNullable(), the columns are fetched in order. You cannot change the fetch order.

See Table 3-2 for the supported SQL data types and the appropriate method versions to use for each data type. This information can be used for getNextColumnNullable(), except there is no column number parameter for getNextColumnNullable().

getParam()

bool getParam(int pno, TYPE* valueP)
bool getParam(int pno, TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

Each getParam() version is used to retrieve the value of an output or input/output parameter, specified by parameter number, after executing a prepared SQL statement. SQL statements are prepared before use with the Prepare() method and are executed with the Execute() method. The getParam() method is used to provide a variable of appropriate data type for the value for each output parameter after executing the statement.

The first argument passed to getParam() is the position of the parameter for the output value. The first parameter in a SQL statement is parameter 1. The second argument passed to getParam() is a variable for the output value. Overloaded versions of getParam() take different data types for the second argument.

The getParam() method supports the same data types documented for getColumn() in Table 3-2. For NCHAR, NVARCHAR, and binary types, as shown in that table, the method call specifies byteLenP, a pointer to an integer value for the number of bytes in the parameter value.

The getParam() return is a boolean that is TRUE if the parameter value is NULL, or FALSE otherwise.

The TTClasses library does not support a large set of data type conversions. The appropriate overloaded version of getParam() must be called for each output parameter in the prepared SQL. Calling the wrong version (attempting to use an integer parameter for a char* value, for example) may result in program failure.

See "Binding output or input/output parameters" for examples using getParam().

For REF CURSORs, the following signature is supported to use a TTCmd object as a statement handle for the REF CURSOR (data type SQL_REFCURSOR). See "Working with REF CURSORs" for information and an example.

bool getParam(int pno, TTCmd** rcCmd)

getQueryThreshold()

int getQueryThreshold()

Returns the threshold value for the TTCmd object, as described for setQueryThreshold().

If no value has been set with setQueryThreshold(), this method returns the value of the ODBC connection option TT_QUERY_THRESHOLD (if set) or of the TimesTen general connection attribute QueryThreshold.

getRowCount()

int getRowCount()

This method can be called immediately after Execute() to return the number of rows that were affected by the executed SQL operation. For example, after execution of a DELETE statement that deletes 10 rows, getRowCount() returns 10.

isColumnNull()

bool isColumnNull(int cno)

This method provides another way to determine whether the value in column number cno of the current row is NULL, returning TRUE if so, or FALSE otherwise.

Also see information about the getColumnNullable() method.

Prepare()

void Prepare(TTConnection* cP, const char* sqlp)

This method associates a SQL statement with the TTCmd object. It takes two parameters:

A pointer to a TTConnection object

The connection object should be connected to the database by a call to TTConnection::Connect().

A const char* parameter for the SQL statement being prepared

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. Access control privileges are checked both when SQL is prepared and when it is executed in the database, with most of the performance cost coming at prepare time. See "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

Notes:

To avoid unwanted round trips between client and server in client/server connections, the Prepare() method performs what is referred to as a "deferred prepare", where the request is not sent to the server until required. See "TimesTen deferred prepare" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for more information.

By default (when connection attribute PrivateCommands=0), TimesTen shares prepared SQL statements between connections, so subsequent prepares of the same SQL statement on different connections execute very quickly.

printColumn()

void printColumn(int cno, STDOSTREAM& os, const char*  nullString) const

This method prints the value in column number cno of the current row to the output stream os. Use this for debugging or for demo programs. Use nullString to specify what should be printed if the column value is NULL (for example, "NULL" or "?").

registerParam()

void registerParam(int pno, TTCMD_PARAM_INPUTOUTPUT_TYPE inputOutputType,
                   int sqltype)
void registerParam(int pno, TTCMD_PARAM_INPUTOUTPUT_TYPE inputOutputType,
                   int sqltype, int precision)
void registerParam(int pno, TTCMD_PARAM_INPUTOUTPUT_TYPE inputOutputType,
                   int sqltype, int precision, int scale)

Use this method to register a parameter for binding. This is required for output and input/output parameters and can also be used as appropriate to specify SQL type, precision (maximum number of digits that are used by the data type, where applicable), and scale (maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point, where applicable). See "Registering parameters".

RePrepare()

void RePrepare(TTConnection* cP)

This method prepares the statement again. It is useful only when a statement handle in a prepared statement has been invalidated, such as when a table referenced by the SQL statement has been altered, for example. Also see Prepare().

setMaxRows()

void setMaxRows(const int nMaxRows)

This method sets a limit on the number of rows returned by a SELECT statement. If the number of rows in the result set exceeds the set limit, the TTCmd::FetchNext() method will return 1 when it has fetched the last row in the requested set size. Also see getMaxRows().

The default is to return all rows. To reset a limit to again return all rows, call setMaxRows() with nMaxRows set to 0. The limit is only meaningful for SELECT statements.

setParam()

void setParam(int pno, TYPE value)
void setParam(int pno, TYPE* valueP)
void setParam(int pno, TYPE* valueP, int byteLen)

All overloaded setParam() versions are described in this section.

Each setParam() version is used to set the value of a parameter, specified by parameter number, before executing a prepared SQL statement. SQL statements are prepared before use with the Prepare() method and are executed with the Execute() method. If the SQL statement contains any parameter markers (the "?" character used where a literal constant would be legal), values must be assigned to these parameters before the SQL statement can be executed. The setParam() method is used to define a value for each parameter before executing the statement. See "Dynamic parameters" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference.

The first argument passed to setParam() is the position of the parameter to be set. The first parameter in a SQL statement is parameter 1. The second argument passed to setParam() is the value of the parameter. Overloaded versions of setParam() take different data types for the second argument.

The TTClasses library does not support a large set of data type conversions. The appropriate overloaded version of setParam() must be called for each parameter in the prepared SQL. Calling the wrong version (attempting to set an integer parameter to a char* value, for example) may result in program failure.

Values passed to setParam() are copied into internal buffers maintained by the TTCmd object. These buffers are statically allocated and bound by the Prepare() method. The parameter value is the value passed into setParam() at the time of the setParam() call, not the value at the time of a subsequent Execute() method call.

Table 3-3 shows the supported SQL data types and the appropriate versions of setParam() to use for each type. SQL data types not mentioned are not supported in this version of TTClasses. For NCHAR, NVARCHAR, and binary types, as shown in the table, the method call specifies byteLen, an integer value for the number of bytes in the parameter value.

See "Binding input parameters" and "Binding output or input/output parameters" for examples using setParam(). See "Binding duplicate parameters" regarding duplicate parameters and the difference between TimesTen mode and Oracle mode in handling them.

Notes:

To set the length of the value for a bound parameter, see setParamLength().

To set a value of NULL for a bound parameter, see setParamNull().

Table 3-3 setParam() variants for supported TimesTen table column types

Data type
setParam() variants supported

TT_TINYINT

setParam(pno, SQLTINYINT value)

TT_SMALLINT

setParam(pno, SQLSMALLINT value)

TT_INTEGER

setParam(pno, SQLINTEGER value)

TT_BIGINT

setParam(pno, SQLBIGINT value)

BINARY_FLOAT

REAL

setParam(pno, float value)

BINARY_DOUBLE

DOUBLE

setParam(pno, double value)

NUMBER

TT_DECIMAL

setParam(pno, char* valueP)

setParam(pno, const char* valueP)

setParam(pno, SQLCHAR* valueP)

setParam(pno, SQLTINYINT value)

setParam(pno, SQLSMALLINT value)

setParam(pno, SQLINTEGER value)

setParam(pno, SQLBIGINT value)

Note: The integer versions are appropriate only for columns declared with the scale parameter set to zero, such as NUMBER(8) or NUMBER(8,0).

TT_CHAR

CHAR

TT_VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

setParam(pno, char* valueP)

setParam(pno, const char* valueP)

setParam(pno, SQLCHAR* valueP)

TT_NCHAR

NCHAR

TT_NVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

setParam(pno, SQLWCHAR* valueP, byteLen)

BINARY

VARBINARY

setParam(pno, const void* valueP, byteLen)

DATE

TT_TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

setParam(pno, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* valueP)

TT_DATE

setParam(pno, DATE_STRUCT* valueP)

TT_TIME

setParam(pno, TIME_STRUCT* valueP)

setParamLength()

(Version for non-batch operations)

void setParamLength(int pno, int byteLen)

Sets the length, in bytes, of the bound value for an input parameter specified by parameter number, before execution of the prepared statement.

Note:

There is also a batch version of this method. See "setParamLength()".

setParamNull()

(Version for non-batch operations)

void setParamNull(int pno)

Sets a value of SQL NULL for a bound input parameter specified by parameter number.

Note:

There is also a batch version of this method. See "setParamNull()".

setQueryThreshold()

void setQueryThreshold(const int nSecs)

Use this method to specify a threshold time limit, in seconds, for the TTCmd object. (This applies to any SQL statement, not just queries.) If the execution time of a statement exceeds the threshold, a warning is written to the support log and an SNMP trap is thrown. Execution continues and is not affected by the threshold. Also see getQueryThreshold().

The setQueryThreshold() method has the same effect as using SQLSetStmtOption to set TT_QUERY_THRESHOLD or setting the TimesTen general connection attribute QueryThreshold.

See "Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements".

setQueryTimeout()

void setQueryTimeout(const int nSecs)

Use this method to specify how long, in seconds, any SQL statement (not just a query) will execute before timing out. By default there is no timeout.

This has the same effect as using SQLSetStmtOption to set SQL_QUERY_TIMEOUT or setting the TimesTen general connection attribute SqlQueryTimeout.

See "Setting a timeout or threshold for executing SQL statements".

Public methods for obtaining TTCmd object properties

There are several useful methods for asking questions about properties of the bound input parameters and output columns of a prepared TTCmd object. These methods generally provide meaningful results only when a statement has previously been prepared.

Method
Description

getColumnName()

Returns the name of the specified column.

getColumnNullability()

Indicates whether data in the specified column can have the value NULL.

getColumnPrecision()

Returns the precision of the specified column.

getColumnScale()

Returns the scale of the specified column.

getColumnType()

Returns the ODBC data type of the specified column.

getNColumns()

Returns the number of output columns.

getNParameters()

Returns the number of input parameters.

getParamNullability()

Indicates whether the value of the specified parameter can be NULL.

getParamPrecision()

Returns the precision of the specified parameter in a prepared statement.

getParamScale()

Returns the scale of the specified parameter in a prepared statement.

getParamType()

Returns the ODBC data type of the specified parameter.

isBeingExecuted

Indicates whether the statement represented by the TTCmd object is being executed.

getColumnName()

const char* getColumnName(int cno)

Returns the name of column number cno.

getColumnNullability()

int getColumnNullability(int cno)

Indicates whether column number cno can NULL data. It returns SQL_NO_NULLS, SQL_NULLABLE, or SQLNULLABLE_UNKNOWN.

getColumnPrecision()

int getColumnPrecision(int cno)

Returns the precision of data in column number cno, referring to the size of the column in the database. For example, for a VARCHAR2(25) column, the precision returned would be 25.

This value is generally interesting only when generating output from table columns of type CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, BINARY, and VARBINARY.

getColumnScale()

int getColumnScale(int cno)

Returns the scale of data in column number cno, referring to the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

getColumnType()

int getColumnType(int cno)

Returns the data type of column number cno. The value returned is the ODBC type of the parameter (for example, SQL_INTEGER, SQL_REAL, SQL_BINARY, SQL_CHAR) as found in sql.h. Additional TimesTen ODBC types (SQL_WCHAR, SQL_WVARCHAR) can be found in the TimesTen header file timesten.h.

getNColumns()

int getNColumns()

Returns the number of output columns.

getNParameters()

int getNParameters()

Returns the number of input parameters for the SQL statement.

getParamNullability()

int getParamNullability(int pno)

Indicates whether parameter number pno can have the value NULL. It returns SQL_NO_NULLS, SQL_NULLABLE, or SQLNULLABLE_UNKNOWN.

Note:

In earlier releases this method returned bool instead of int.

getParamPrecision()

int getParamPrecision(int pno)

Returns the precision of parameter number pno, referring to the maximum number of digits that are used by the data type. Also see information for getColumnPrecision(), above.

getParamScale()

int getParamScale(int pno)

Returns the scale of parameter number pno, referring to the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

getParamType()

int getParamType(int pno)

Returns the data type of parameter number pno. The value returned is the ODBC type (for example, SQL_INTEGER, SQL_REAL, SQL_BINARY, SQL_CHAR) as found in sql.h. Additional TimesTen types (SQL_WCHAR, SQL_WVARCHAR) can be found in the TimesTen header file timesten.h.

isBeingExecuted

bool isBeingExecuted()

Indicates whether the statement represented by the TTCmd object is being executed.

Public methods for batch operations

TimesTen supports the ODBC function SQLBindParams for batch insert, update and delete operations. TTClasses provides an interface to the ODBC function SQLBindParams.

Performing batch operations with TTClasses is similar to performing non-batch operations. SQL statements are first compiled using PrepareBatch(). Then each parameter in that statement is bound to an array of values using BindParameter(). Finally, the statement is executed using ExecuteBatch().

See the TTClasses bulktest sample program in the TimesTen Quick Start for an example of using a batch operation. Refer to "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".

This section describes the TTCmd methods that expose the batch INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE functionality to TTClasses users.

Method
Description

batchSize()

Returns the number of statements in the batch.

BindParameter()

Binds an array of values for one parameter of a statement prepared using PrepareBatch().

ExecuteBatch()

Invokes a SQL statement that has been prepared for execution by PrepareBatch(). It returns the number of rows in the batch that were updated.

PrepareBatch()

Prepares batch INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.

setParamLength()

Sets the length, in bytes, of the value of the specified bound parameter before execution of the prepared statement.

setParamNull()

Sets the specified bound parameter to NULL before execution of the prepared statement.

batchSize()

u_short batchSize()

Returns the number of statements in the batch.

BindParameter()

void BindParameter(int pno, unsigned short batSz, TYPE* valueP)
void BindParameter(int pno, unsigned short batSz, TYPE* valueP, size_t maxByteLen)
void BindParameter(int pno, unsigned short batSz, TYPE* valueP,
                   SQLLEN* userByteLenP, size_t maxByteLen)

The overloaded BindParameter() method is used to bind an array of values for a specified parameter in a SQL statement compiled using PrepareBatch(). This allows iterating through a batch of repeated executions of the statement with different values. The pno parameter indicates the position in the statement of the parameter to be bound, starting from the left, where the first parameter is 1, the next is 2, and so on.

See "Binding duplicate parameters" regarding duplicate parameters and the difference between TimesTen mode and Oracle mode in handling them.

The batSz (batch size) value of this call must match the batSz value specified in PrepareBatch(), and the bound arrays should contain at least the batSz number of values. You must determine the correct data type for each parameter. If an invalid parameter number is specified, the specified batch size is a mismatch, or the data buffer is null, then a TTStatus object is thrown as an exception and a runtime error is written to the TTClasses global logging facility at the TTLog::TTLOG_ERR logging level.

Table 3-4 below shows the supported SQL data types and the appropriate versions of BindParameter() to use for each parameter type.

Before each invocation of ExecuteBatch(), the application should fill the bound arrays with valid parameter values. Note that you can use the setParamNull() method to set null values, as described in "setParamNull()". (Be aware that for batch mode, you must use the two-parameter version of setParamNull() that specifies rowno. The one-parameter version is for non-batch use only.)

For the SQL types TT_CHAR, CHAR, TT_VARCHAR, and VARCHAR2, an additional maximum length parameter is required in the BindParameter() call:

maxByteLen of type size_t is for the maximum length, in bytes, of any value for this parameter position.

For the SQL types TT_NCHAR, NCHAR, TT_NVARCHAR, NVARCHAR2, BINARY, and VARBINARY, two additional parameters are required in the BindParameter() call, an array of parameter lengths and a maximum length:

userByteLenP is an array of SQLLEN parameter lengths, in bytes, to specify the length of each value in the batch for this parameter position in the SQL statement. This array must be at least batSz in length and filled with valid length values before ExecuteBatch() is called. (You can store SQL_NULL_DATA in the array of parameter lengths for a null value, which is equivalent to using the setParamNull() batch method.)

maxByteLen is as described above. This indicates the maximum length value that can be specified in any element of the userByteLenP array.

For data types where userByteLenP is not available (or as an alternative where it is available), you can optionally use the setParamLength() batch method to set data lengths, as described in "setParamLength()", and use the setParamNull() batch method to set null values, as described in "setParamNull()".

See Example 3-5 in "ExecuteBatch()" below for examples of BindParameter() usage.

Table 3-4 BindParameter() variants for supported TimesTen table column types

SQL data type
BindParameter() variants supported

TT_TINYINT

BindParameter(pno, batSz, SQLTINYINT* user_tiP)

TT_SMALLINT

BindParameter(pno, batSz, SQLSMALLINT* user_siP)

TT_INTEGER

BindParameter(pno, batSz, SQLINTEGER* user_iP)

TT_BIGINT

BindParameter(pno, batSz, SQLBIGINT* user_biP)

BINARY_FLOAT

BindParameter(pno, batSz, float* user_fP)

BINARY_DOUBLE

BindParameter(pno, batSz, double* user_dP)

NUMBER

TT_DECIMAL

BindParameter(pno, batSz, char** user_cPP, maxByteLen)

TT_CHAR

CHAR

TT_VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

BindParameter(pno, batSz, char** user_cPP, maxByteLen)

TT_NCHAR

NCHAR

TT_NVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

BindParameter(pno, batSz, SQLWCHAR** user_wcPP, userByteLenP,
              maxByteLen)

BINARY

VARBINARY

BindParameter(pno, batSz, const void** user_binPP, userByteLenP,
              maxByteLen)

DATE

TT_TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

BindParameter(pno, batSz, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* user_tssP)

TT_DATE

BindParameter(pno, batSz, DATE_STRUCT* user_dsP)

TT_TIME

BindParameter(pno, batSz, TIME_STRUCT* user_tsP)

ExecuteBatch()

int ExecuteBatch(unsigned short numRows)

After preparing a SQL statement with PrepareBatch() and calling BindParameter() for each parameter in the SQL statement, use ExecuteBatch() to execute the statement numRows times. The value of numRows must be no more than the batSz (batch size) value specified in the PrepareBatch() and BindParameter() calls, but can be less than batSz as required by application logic.

This method returns the number of rows that were updated, with possible values in the range 0 to batSz, inclusive. (For those familiar with ODBC, this is the third parameter, *pirow, of an ODBC SQLParamOptions call. Refer to ODBC API reference documentation for information about SQLParamOptions.)

Before calling ExecuteBatch(), the application should fill the arrays of parameters previously bound by BindParameter() with valid values.

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs (often due to violation of a uniqueness constraint). In this event, the return value is not valid and the batch is incomplete and should generally be rolled back.

Example 3-5 shows how to use the ExecuteBatch() method. The bulktest Quick Start demo also shows usage of this method. (See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

Example 3-5 Using the ExecuteBatch() method

First, create a table with two columns:

CREATE TABLE batch_table (a TT_INTEGER, b VARCHAR2(100));

Following is the sample code. Populate the rows of the table in batches of 50.

#define BATCH_SIZE 50
#define VARCHAR_SIZE 100

int int_array[BATCH_SIZE];
char char_array[BATCH_SIZE][VARCHAR_SIZE];

// Prepare the statement

TTCmd insert;
TTConnection connection;

// (assume a connection has been established)

try {

  insert.PrepareBatch (&connection,
                       (const char*)"insert into batch_table values (?,?)",
                       BATCH_SIZE);

  // Commit the prepared statement
  connection.Commit();

  // Bind the arrays of parameters
  insert.BindParameter(1, BATCH_SIZE, int_array);
  insert.BindParameter(2, BATCH_SIZE, (char **)char_array, VARCHAR_SIZE);

  // Execute 5 batches, inserting a total of 5 * BATCH_SIZE rows into
  // the database
  for (int iter = 0; iter < 5; iter++)
  {
    // Populate the value arrays with values.
    // (A more meaningful way of putting data into
    // the database is to read values from a file, for example,
    // rather than generating them arbitrarily.)

    for (int i = 0; i < BATCH_SIZE; i++)
    {
      int_array[i] = i * iter + i;
      sprintf(char_array[i], "varchar value # %d", i*iter+ i);
    }

    // Execute the batch insert statement,
    // which inserts the entire contents of the
    // integer and char arrays in one operation.
    int num_ins = insert.ExecuteBatch(BATCH_SIZE);

    cerr << "Inserted " << num_ins << " rows." << endl;

    connection.Commit();

  } // for iter

} catch (TTError er1) {
  cerr << er1 << endl;
}

The number of rows updated (num_ins in the example) can be less than BATCH_SIZE if, for example, there is a violation of a uniqueness constraint on a column. You can use code similar to that in Example 3-6 to check for this situation and roll back the transaction as necessary.

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. Access control privileges are checked both when SQL is prepared and when it is executed in the database, with most of the performance cost coming at prepare time. See "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

Example 3-6 Using ExecuteBatch() and checking against BATCH_SIZE

for (int iter = 0; iter < 5; iter++)
{

  // Populate the value arrays with values.
  // (A better way of putting meaningful data into
  // the database is to read values from a file,
  // rather than generating them arbitrarily.)

  for (int i = 0; i < BATCH_SIZE; i++)
  {
    int_array[i] = i * iter + i;
    sprintf(char_array[i], "varchar value # %d", i*iter+i);
  }

  // now we execute the batch insert statement,
  // which does the work of inserting the entire
  // contents of the integer and char arrays in
  // one operation

  int num_ins = insert.ExecuteBatch(BATCH_SIZE);

  cerr << "Inserted " << num_ins << " rows (expected "
       << BATCH_SIZE << " rows)." << endl;

  if (num_ins == BATCH_SIZE) {
    cerr << "Committing batch" << endl;
    connection.Commit();
  }
  else {
    cerr << "Some rows were not inserted as expected, rolling back "
         << "transaction." << endl;
    connection.Rollback();
    break; // jump out of batch insert loop
  }

} // for loop

PrepareBatch()

void PrepareBatch(TTConnection* cP, const char* sqlp, unsigned short batSz)

PrepareBatch() is comparable to the Prepare() method but for batch INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements. The cP and sqlp parameters are used as with Prepare(). See "Prepare()".

The batSz (batch size) parameter specifies the maximum number of insert, update, or delete operations that will be performed using subsequent calls to ExecuteBatch().

A TTStatus object is thrown as an exception if an error occurs.

TimesTen has features to control database access with object-level resolution for database objects such as tables, views, materialized views, sequences, and synonyms. Access control privileges are checked both when SQL is prepared and when it is executed in the database, with most of the performance cost coming at prepare time. See "Considering TimesTen features for access control".

Note:

To avoid unwanted round trips between client and server in client/server connections, the PrepareBatch() method performs what is referred to as a "deferred prepare", where the request is not sent to the server until required. See "TimesTen deferred prepare" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for more information.

setParamLength()

(Version for batch operations)

void setParamLength(int pno, unsigned short rowno, int byteLen)

This method sets the length of a bound parameter value before a call to ExecuteBatch(). The pno argument specifies the parameter number in the SQL statement (where the first parameter is number 1). The rowno argument specifies the row number in the array of parameters being bound (where the first row is row number 1). The byteLen parameter specifies the desired length, in bytes, not counting the NULL terminator. Alternatively, byteLen can be set to SQL_NTS for a null-terminated string. (It can also be set to SQL_NULL_DATA, which is equivalent to using the setParamNull() batch method, described next.)

Notes:

For binary and NCHAR types, as shown in Table 3-4, it may be easier to use the BindParameter() userByteLenP array to set parameter lengths. Be aware that row numbering in the array of parameters being bound starts with 0 in the userByteLenP array but with 1 when you use setParamLength().

There is also a non-batch version of this method. See "setParamLength()". (It is important to use only the two-parameter version for non-batch operations, and only the three-parameter version that specifies rowno for batch operations.)

setParamNull()

(Version for batch operations)

void setParamNull(int pno, unsigned short rowno)

This method sets a bound parameter value to NULL before a call to ExecuteBatch(). The pno argument specifies the parameter number in the SQL statement (where the first parameter is number 1). The rowno argument specifies the row number in the array of parameters being bound (where the first row is row number 1).

Notes:

For binary and NCHAR types, as shown in Table 3-4, there is a BindParameter() userByteLenP array. For these types, you can have a null value by specifying SQL_NULL_DATA in this array, which is equivalent to using setParamNull(). Be aware that row numbering in the bound array of parameters userByteLenP starts with 0, but numbering starts with 1 when you use setParamNull().

There is also a non-batch version of this method. See "setParamNull()". (It is important to use only the one-parameter version for non-batch operations, and only the two-parameter version that specifies rowno for batch operations.)

System catalog classes

These classes allow you to examine the TimesTen system catalog.

You can use the TTCatalog class to facilitate reading metadata from the system catalog. A TTCatalog object contains data structures with the information that was read.

Each TTCatalog object internally contains an array of TTCatalogTable objects. Each TTCatalogTable object contains an array of TTCatalogColumn objects and an array of TTCatalogIndex objects.

The following ODBC functions are used inside TTCatalog:

SQLTables()

SQLColumns()

SQLSpecialColumns()

SQLStatistics()

This section discusses the following classes.

TTCatalog

TTCatalogTable

TTCatalogColumn

TTCatalogIndex

TTCatalogSpecialColumn

TTCatalog

The TTCatalog class is the top-level class used for programmatically accessing metadata information about tables in a database. A TTCatalog object contains an internal array of TTCatalogTable objects. Aside from the class constructor, all public methods of TTCatalog are used to gain read-only access to this TTCatalogTable array.

The TTCatalog constructor caches the conn parameter and initializes all the internal data structures appropriately.

TTCatalog (TTConnection* conn)

To use the TTCatalog object, call its fetchCatalogData() method, described shortly. The fetchCatalogData() method is the only TTCatalog method that uses the database connection. All other methods simply return data retrieved by fetchCatalogData().

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

fetchCatalogData()

Reads the catalogs in the database for information about tables and indexes and stores this information into TTCatalog internal data structures.

getNumSysTables()

Returns the number of system tables in the database.

getNumTables()

Returns the total number of tables (user tables plus system tables) in the database.

getNumUserTables()

Returns the number of user tables in the database.

getTable()

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogTable object for the specified table.

getTableIndex()

Returns the index in the TTCatalog object for the specified table.

getUserTable()

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogTable object corresponding to the nth user table in the system (where n is specified).

fetchCatalogData()

void fetchCatalogData()

This is the only TTCatalog method that interacts with the database. It reads the catalogs in the database for information about tables and indexes, storing the information into TTCatalog internal data structures.

Subsequent use of the constructed TTCatalog object is completely offline after it is constructed. It is no longer connected to the database.

You must call this method before you use any of the TTCatalog accessor methods.

This example demonstrates the use of TTCatalog.

Example 3-7 Fetching catalog data

TTConnection conn;
conn.Connect(DSN=TptbmData37);
TTCatalog cat (&conn);
cat.fetchCatalogData();
// TTCatalog cat is no longer connected to the database;
// you can now query it through its read-only methods.
cerr << "There are " << cat.getNumTables() << " tables in this database:" << endl;
for (int i=0; i < cat.getNumTables(); i++)
cerr << cat.getTable(i).getTableOwner() << "."
     << cat.getTable(i).getTableName() << endl;

getNumSysTables()

int getNumSysTables()

Returns the number of system tables in the database. Also see getNumTables() and getNumUserTables().

getNumTables()

int getNumTables()

Returns the total number of tables in the database (user plus system tables). Also see getNumSysTables() and getNumUserTables().

getNumUserTables()

int getNumUserTables()

Returns the number of user tables in the database. Also see getNumSysTables() and getNumTables().

getTable()

const TTCatalogTable& getTable(const char* owner, const char* tblname)
const TTCatalogTable& getTable(int tno)

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogTable object for the specified table. Also see getUserTable().

For the first signature, this is for the table named tblname and owned by owner.

For the second signature, this is for the table corresponding to table number tno in the system. This is intended to facilitate iteration through all the tables in the system. The order of the tables in this array is arbitrary.

The following relationship is true:

0 <= tno < getNumTables()

Also see "TTCatalogTable".

getTableIndex()

int getTableIndex(const char* owner, const char* tblname) const

This method fetches the index in the TTCatalog object for the specified owner.tblname object. It returns -2 if owner.tblname does not exist. It returns -1 if fetchCatalogData() was not called first.

Example 3-8 retrieves information about the TTUSER.MYDATA table from a TTCatalog object. You can then call methods of TTCatalogTable, described next, to get information about this table.

Example 3-8 Retrieving table information from a catalog

TTConnection conn;
conn.Connect(...);
TTCatalog cat (&conn);
cat.fetchCatalogData();

int idx = cat.getTableIndex("TTUSER", "MYDATA");
if (idx < 0) {
  cerr << "Table TTUSER.MYDATA does not exist." << endl;
  return;
}

TTCatalogTable &table = cat.getTable(idx);

getUserTable()

const TTCatalogTable& getUserTable(int tno)

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogTable object corresponding to user table number tno in the system. This method is intended to facilitate iteration through all of the user tables in the system. The order of the user tables in this array is arbitrary. Also see getTable().

The following relationship is true:

0 <= tno < getNumUserTables()

Note:

There is no equivalent method for system tables.

TTCatalogTable

A TTCatalogTable object is retrieved through the TTCatalog::getTable() method and stores all metadata information about the columns and indexes of a table.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getColumn()

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogColumn corresponding to the ith column in the table.

getIndex()

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogIndex object corresponding to the nth index in the table, where n is specified.

getNumColumns()

Returns the number of columns in the table.

getNumIndexes()

Returns the number of indexes on the table.

getNumSpecialColumns()

Returns the number of special columns in this table. See "TTCatalogSpecialColumn".

getSpecialColumn()

Returns a special column (TTCatalogSpecialColumn object) from this table, according to the specified column number.

getTableName()

Returns the name of the table.

getTableOwner()

Returns the owner of the table.

getTableType()

Returns the table type as returned by the ODBC SQLTables function.

isSystemTable()

Returns TRUE if the table is a system table.

isUserTable()

Returns TRUE if the table is a user table.

getColumn()

const TTCatalogColumn& getColumn(int cno)

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogColumn object corresponding to column number cno in the table. This method is intended to facilitate iteration through all the columns in the table.

The following relationship is true:

0 <= cno < getNumColumns()

getIndex()

const TTCatalogIndex& getIndex(int num)

Returns a constant reference to the TTCatalogIndex object corresponding to index number num in the table. This method is intended to facilitate iteration through all the indexes of the table. The order of the indexes of a table in this array is arbitrary.

The following relationship is true:

0 <= num < getNumIndexes()

getNumColumns()

int getNumColumns()

Returns the number of columns in the table.

getNumIndexes()

int getNumIndexes()

Returns the number of indexes on the table.

getNumSpecialColumns()

int getNumSpecialColumns()

Returns the number of special columns in this TTCatalogTable object. Because TimesTen supports only rowid special columns, this always returns 1.

Also see "TTCatalogSpecialColumn".

getSpecialColumn()

const TTCatalogSpecialColumn& getSpecialColumn(int num) const

Returns a special column (TTCatalogSpecialColumn object) from this TTCatalogTable object, according to the specified column number. In TimesTen this can be only a rowid pseudocolumn.

Also see "TTCatalogSpecialColumn".

getTableName()

const char* getTableName()

Returns the name of the table.

getTableOwner()

const char* getTableOwner()

Returns the owner of the table.

getTableType()

const char* getTableType() const

Returns the table type of this TTCatalogTable object, as from an ODBC SQLTables call. In TimesTen this may be TABLE, SYSTEM TABLE, VIEW, or SYNONYM.

isSystemTable()

bool isSystemTable()

Returns TRUE if the table is a system table (owned by SYS, TTREP, or GRID), or FALSE otherwise.

The isSystemTable() method and isUserTable() method (described next) are useful for applications that iterate over all tables in a database after a call to TTCatalog::fetchCatalogData(), so that you can filter or annotate tables to differentiate the system and user tables. The TTClasses demo program catalog provides an example of how this can be done. (See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

isUserTable()

bool isUserTable()

Returns TRUE if this is a user table, which is to say it is not a system table, or FALSE otherwise. Note that isUserTable() returns the opposite of isSystemTable() for any table. The description of isSystemTable() discusses the usage and usefulness of these methods.

TTCatalogColumn

The TTCatalogColumn class is used to store all metadata information about a single column of a table. This table is represented by the TTCatalogTable object from which the column was retrieved through a TTCatalogTable::getColumn() call.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getColumnName()

Return the name of the column.

getDataType()

Returns an integer representing the ODBC SQL data type of the column.

getLength()

Returns the length of the column, in bytes.

getNullable()

Indicates whether the column can contain NULL values. (This is not a boolean value, as noted in the description below.)

getPrecision()

Returns the precision of the column.

getRadix()

Returns the radix of the column.

getScale()

Returns the scale of the column.

getTypeName()

Returns the TimesTen name for the type returned by getDataType().

getColumnName()

const char* getColumnName()

Returns the name of the column.

getDataType()

int getDataType()

Returns an integer representing the data type of the column. This is the standard ODBC SQL type code or a TimesTen extension type code.

getLength()

int getLength()

Returns the length of data in the column, in bytes.

getNullable()

int getNullable()

Indicates whether the column can contain NULL values. It returns SQL_NO_NULLS, SQL_NULLABLE, or SQL_NULLABLE_UNKNOWN.

getPrecision()

int getPrecision()

Returns the precision of data in the column, referring to the maximum number of digits that are used by the data type.

getRadix()

int getRadix()

Returns the radix of the column, according to ODBC SQLColumns function output.

getScale()

int getScale()

Returns the scale of data in the column, which is the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

getTypeName()

const char* getTypeName()

Returns the TimesTen name of the type returned by getDataType().

TTCatalogIndex

The TTCatalogIndex class is used to store all metadata information about an index of a table. This table is represented by the TTCatalogTable object from which the index was retrieved through a TTCatalogTable::getIndex() call.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getCollation()

Returns the collation of the specified column in the index.

getColumnName()

Returns the name of the specified column in the index.

getIndexName()

Returns the name of the index.

getIndexOwner()

Returns the owner of the index.

getNumColumns()

Returns the number of columns in the index.

getTableName()

Returns the name of the table for which the index was created.

getType()

Returns the type of the index.

isUnique()

Indicates whether the index is a unique index.

getCollation()

char getCollation (int num)

Returns the collation of column number num in the index. Values returned are "A" for ascending order or "D" for descending order.

getColumnName()

const char* getColumnName(int num)

Returns the name of column number num in the index.

getIndexName()

const char* getIndexName()

Returns the name of the index.

getIndexOwner()

const char* getIndexOwner()

Returns the owner of the index.

getNumColumns()

int getNumColumns()

Returns the number of columns in the index.

getTableName()

const char* getTableName()

Returns the name of the table for which the index was created. This is the table represented by the TTCatalogTable object from which the index was retrieved through a TTCatalogTable::getIndex() call.

getType()

int getType()

Returns the type of the index. For TimesTen, the allowable values are PRIMARY_KEY, HASH_INDEX (the same as PRIMARY_KEY), and RANGE_INDEX.

isUnique()

bool isUnique()

Returns TRUE if the index is a unique index, or FALSE otherwise.

TTCatalogSpecialColumn

This class is a wrapper for results from an ODBC SQLSpecialColumns function call on a table represented by a TTCatalogTable object. In TimesTen, a rowid pseudocolumn is the only type of special column supported, so a TTCatalogSpecialColumn object can only contain information about rowids.

Usage

Obtain a TTCatalogSpecialColumn object by calling the getSpecialColumn() method on the relevant TTCatalogTable object.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getColumnName()

Returns the name of the special column.

getDataType()

Returns the data type of the special column, as an integer.

getLength()

Returns the length of data in the special column, in bytes.

getPrecision()

Returns the precision of the special column.

getScale()

Returns the scale of the special column.

getTypeName()

Returns the data type of the special column, as a character string.

getColumnName()

const char* getColumnName()

Returns the name of the special column.

getDataType()

int getDataType()

Returns an integer representing the ODBC SQL data type of the special column. In TimesTen this can be only SQL_ROWID.

getLength()

int getLength()

Returns the length of data in the special column, in bytes.

getPrecision()

int getPrecision()

Returns the precision for data in the special column, referring to the maximum number of digits used by the data type.

getScale()

int getScale()

Returns the scale for data in the special column, referring to the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

getTypeName()

const char* getTypeName()

Returns the data type name that corresponds to the ODBC SQL data type value returned by getDataType(). In TimesTen this can be only ROWID.

XLA classes

TTClasses provides a set of classes for applications to use with the TimesTen Transaction Log API (XLA).

XLA is a set of C-callable functions that allow an application to monitor changes made to one or more database tables. Whenever another application changes a monitored table, the application using XLA is informed of the changes. For more information about XLA, see "XLA and TimesTen Event Management" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

The XLA classes support as many XLA columns as the maximum number of columns supported by TimesTen. For more information, see "System Limits" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

Important:

As noted in "Considerations when using an ODBC driver manager (Windows)", XLA functionality is not supported with TTClasses when you use an ODBC driver manager.

This section discusses the following classes:

TTXlaPersistConnection

TTXlaRowViewer

TTXlaTableHandler

TTXlaTableList

TTXlaTable

TTXlaColumn

TTXlaPersistConnection

Use TTXlaPersistConnection to create an XLA connection to a database.

Usage

An XLA application can create multiple TTXlaPersistConnection objects if needed. Each TTXlaPersistConnection object must be associated with its own bookmark, which is specified at connect time and must be maintained through the ackUpdates() and deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect() methods. Most applications require only one or two XLA bookmarks.

After an XLA connection is established, the application should enter a loop in which the fetchUpdatesWait() method is called repeatedly until application termination. This loop should fetch updates from XLA as rapidly as possible to ensure that the transaction log does not fill up available disk space.

Notes:

The transaction log is in a file system location according to the TimesTen LogDir attribute setting, if specified, or the DataStore attribute setting if LogDir is not specified. Refer to "Data store attributes" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

Each bookmark establishes its own log hold on the transaction log. (See "ttLogHolds" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference for related information.) If any bookmark is not moved forward periodically, transaction logs cannot be purged by checkpoint operations. This can fill up disk space over time.

After processing a batch of updates, the application should call ackUpdates() to acknowledge those updates and get ready for the next call to fetchUpdatesWait(). A batch of updates can be replayed using the setBookmarkIndex() and getBookmarkIndex() methods. Also, if the XLA application disconnects after fetchUpdatesWait() but before ackUpdates(), the next connection (with the same bookmark name) that calls fetchUpdatesWait() will see that same batch of updates.

Updates that occur while a TTXlaPersistConnection object is disconnected from the database are not lost. They are stored in the transaction log until another TTXlaPersistConnection object connects with the same bookmark name.

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections". In addition, the XLA privilege is required for XLA connections and functionality.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

ackUpdates()

Advances the bookmark to the next set of updates.

Connect()

Connects with the specified bookmark, or creates one if it does not exist (depending on the method signature).

deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect()

Deletes the bookmark and disconnects from the database.

Disconnect()

Closes an XLA connection to a database, leaving the bookmark in place.

fetchUpdatesWait()

Fetches updates to the transaction log within the specified wait period.

getBookmarkIndex()

Gets the current transaction log position.

setBookmarkIndex()

Returns to the transaction log position that was acquired by a getBookmarkIndex() call.

ackUpdates()

void ackUpdates()

Use this method to advance the bookmark to the next set of updates. After you have acknowledged a set of updates, the updates cannot be viewed again by this bookmark. Therefore, a setBookmarkIndex() call will not allow you to replay XLA records that have been acknowledged by a call to ackUpdates(). (See the descriptions of getBookmarkIndex() and setBookmarkIndex() for information about replaying a set of updates.)

Applications should acknowledge updates when a batch of XLA records have been read and processed, so that the transaction log does not fill up available disk space; however, do not call ackUpdates() too frequently, because it is a relatively expensive operation.

If an application uses XLA to read a batch of records and then a failure occurs before ackUpdates() is called, the records will be retrieved when the application reestablishes its XLA connection.

Note:

The transaction log is in a file system location according to the TimesTen LogDir attribute setting, if specified, or the DataStore attribute setting if LogDir is not specified. Refer to "Data store attributes" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

Connect()

virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* bookmarkStr,
                     bool createBookmarkFlag)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                     const char* password, const char* bookmarkStr,
                     bool createBookmarkFlag)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr,
                     TTConnection::DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion,
                     const char* bookmarkStr, bool createBookmarkFlag)

virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* bookmarkStr)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr, const char* username,
                     const char* password, const char* bookmarkStr)
virtual void Connect(const char* connStr,
                     TTConnection::DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM driverCompletion,
                     const char* bookmarkStr)

Each XLA connection has a bookmark name associated with it, so that after disconnecting and reconnecting, the same place in the transaction log can be found. The name for the bookmark of a connection is specified in the bookmarkStr parameter.

For the first set of methods listed above, the createBookmarkFlag boolean parameter indicates whether the specified bookmark is new or was previously created. If you indicate that a bookmark is new (createBookmarkFlag==true) and it already exists, an error will be returned. Similarly, if you indicate that a bookmark already exists (createBookmarkFlag==false) and it does not exist, an error will be returned.

For the second set of methods listed, without createBookmarkFlag, TTClasses first tries to connect reusing the supplied bookmark (behavior equivalent to createBookmarkFlag==false). If that bookmark does not exist, TTClasses then tries to connect and create a new bookmark with the name bookmarkStr (behavior equivalent to createBookmarkFlag==true). These methods are provided as a convenience, to simplify XLA connection logic if you would rather not concern yourself with whether the XLA bookmark exists.

In either mode, with or without createBookmarkFlag, specify a user name and password either through the connection string or through the separate parameters, or specify a DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM value. Refer to "TTConnection" for information about DRIVER_COMPLETION_ENUM.

Privilege to connect to a database must be granted to users through the CREATE SESSION privilege, either directly or through the PUBLIC role. See "Access control for connections". In addition, the XLA privilege is required to create an XLA connection.

Note:

Only one XLA connection can connect with a given bookmark name. An error will be returned if multiple connections try to connect to the same bookmark.

deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect()

void deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect()

This method first deletes the bookmark that is currently associated with the connection, so that the database no longer keeps records relevant to that bookmark, then disconnects from the database.

To disconnect without deleting the bookmark, use the Disconnect() method instead.

Disconnect()

virtual void Disconnect()

This method closes an XLA connection to a database. The XLA bookmark persists after you call this method.

To delete the bookmark and disconnect from the database, use deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect() instead.

fetchUpdatesWait()

void fetchUpdatesWait(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t*** arry, int maxrecs,
                      int* recsP, int seconds)

Use this method to fetch a set of records describing changes to a database. A list of ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structures is returned. If there are no XLA updates to be fetched, this method waits the specified number of seconds before returning.

Specify the number of seconds to wait, seconds, and the maximum number of records to receive, maxrecs. The method returns the number of records actually received, recsP, and an array of pointers, arry, that point to structures defining the changes.

The ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structures that are returned by this method are defined in the XLA specification. No C++ object-oriented encapsulation of these methods is provided. Typically, after calling fetchUpdatesWait(), an application processes these ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structures in a sequence of calls to TTXlaTableList::HandleChange().

See "ttXlaUpdateDesc_t" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for information about that data structure.

getBookmarkIndex()

void getBookmarkIndex()

This method gets the current bookmark location, storing it into a class private data member where it is available for use by subsequent setBookmarkIndex() calls.

setBookmarkIndex()

void setBookmarkIndex()

This method returns to the saved transaction log index, restoring the bookmark to the address previously acquired by a getBookmarkIndex() call. Use this method to replay a batch of XLA records.

Note that ackUpdates() invalidates the stored transaction log placeholder. After ackUpdates(), a call to setBookmarkIndex() returns an error because it is no longer possible to go back to the previously acquired bookmark location.

TTXlaRowViewer

Use TTXlaRowViewer, which represents a row image from change notification records, to examine XLA change notification record structures and old and new column values.

Usage

Methods of this class are used to examine column values from row images contained in change notification records. Also see related information about the TTXlaTable class ("TTXlaTable").

Before a row can be examined, the TTXlaRowViewer object must be associated with a row using the setTuple() method, which is invoked inside the TTXlaTableHandler::HandleInsert(), HandleUpdate(), or HandleDelete() method, or by a user-written overloaded method. Columns can be checked for null values using the isNull() method. Non-null column values can be examined using the appropriate overloaded Get() method.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

columnPrec()

Returns the precision of the specified column in the row image.

columnScale()

Returns the scale of the specified column in the row image.

Get()

Fetches the value of the specified column in the row image.

getColumn()

Returns the specified column from the row image.

isColumnTTTimestamp()

Indicates whether the specified column in the row image is a TT_TIMESTAMP column.

isNull()

Indicates whether the specified column in the row image has the value NULL.

numUpdatedCols()

Returns the number of columns in the row image that have been updated.

setTuple()

Associates the TTXlaRowViewer object with the specified row image.

updatedCol()

Returns the column number in the row image of a column that has been updated, typically during iteration through all updated columns.

columnPrec()

int columnPrec(int cno)

Returns the precision of data in column number cno of the row image, referring to the maximum number of digits that are used by the data type.

columnScale()

int columnScale(int cno)

Returns the scale of data in column number cno of the row image, referring to the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

Get()

void Get(int cno, TYPE* valueP)
void Get(int cno, TYPE* valueP, int* byteLenP)

Fetches the value of column number cno in the row image. These methods are very similar to the TTCmd::getColumn() methods.

Table 3-5 that follows shows the supported SQL data types and the appropriate versions of Get() to use for each data type. Design the application according to the types of data that are stored. For example, data of type NUMBER(9,0) can be accessed by the Get(int, int*) method without loss of information.

Table 3-5 Get() variants for supported table column types

XLA data type
Database data type
Get() variant

TTXLA_CHAR_TT

TT_CHAR

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_NCHAR_TT

TT_NCHAR

Get(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

TTXLA_VARCHAR_TT

TT_VARCHAR

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_NVARCHAR_TT

TT_NVARCHAR

Get(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

TTXLA_TINYINT

TT_TINYINT

Get(cno, SQLTINYINT* iP)

TTXLA_SMALLINT

TT_SMALLINT

Get(cno, short* iP)

TTXLA_INTEGER

TT_INTEGER

Get(cno, int* iP)

TTXLA_BIGINT

TT_BIGINT

Get(cno, SQLBIGINT* biP)

TTXLA_BINARY_FLOAT

BINARY_FLOAT

Get(cno, float* fP)

TTXLA_BINARY_DOUBLE

BINARY_DOUBLE

Get(cno, double* dP)

TTXLA_DECIMAL_TT

TT_DECIMAL

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_TIME

TT_TIME

Get(cno, TIME_STRUCT* tP)

TTXLA_DATE_TT

TT_DATE

Get(cno, DATE_STRUCT* dP)

TTXLA_TIMESTAMP_TT

TT_TIMESTAMP

Get(cno, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* tsP)

TTXLA_BINARY

BINARY

Get(cno, const void** binPP,
    byteLenP)

TTXLA_VARBINARY

VARBINARY

Get(cno, const void** binPP,
    byteLenP)

TTXLA_NUMBER

NUMBER

Get(cno, double* dP)

Get(cno, char** cPP)

Get(cno, short* iP)

Get(cno, int* iP)

Get(cno, SQLBIGINT* biP)

TTXLA_DATE

DATE

Get(cno, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* tsP)

TTXLA_TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

Get(cno, TIMESTAMP_STRUCT* tsP)

TTXLA_CHAR

CHAR

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_NCHAR

NCHAR

Get(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

TTXLA_VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_NVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

Get(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

TTXLA_FLOAT

FLOAT

Get(cno, double* dP)

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_BLOB

BLOB

Get(cno, const void** binPP,
    byteLenP)

TTXLA_CLOB

CLOB

Get(cno, char** cPP)

TTXLA_NCLOB

NCLOB

Get(cno, SQLWCHAR** wcPP, byteLenP)

getColumn()

const TTXlaColumn* getColumn(u_int cno) const

Returns a TTXlaColumn object with metadata for column number cno in the row image.

isColumnTTTimestamp()

bool isColumnTTTimestamp(int cno)

Returns TRUE if column number cno in the row image is a TT_TIMESTAMP column, or FALSE otherwise.

isNull()

bool isNull(int cno)

Indicates whether the column number cno in the row image has the value NULL, returning TRUE if so or FALSE if not.

numUpdatedCols()

SQLUSMALLINT numUpdatedCols()

Returns the number of columns that have been updated in the row image.

setTuple()

void setTuple(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP, int whichTuple)

Before a row can be examined, this method must be called to associate the TTXlaRowViewer object with a particular row image. It is invoked inside the TTXlaTableHandler::HandleInsert(), HandleUpdate(), or HandleDelete() method, or by a user-written overloaded method. You would typically call it when overloading the TTXlaTableHandler::HandleChange() method. The Quick Start xlasubscriber1 demo provides an example of its usage. (See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

The ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structures that are returned by TTXlaPersistConnection::fetchUpdatesWait() contain either zero, one, or two rows. Note the following:

Structures that define a row that was inserted into a table contain the row image of the inserted row.

Structures that define a row that was deleted from a table contain the row image of the deleted row.

Structures that define a row that was updated in a table contain the images of the row before and after the update.

Structures that define other changes to the table or the database contain no row images. For example, structures reporting that an index was dropped contain no row images.

The setTuple() method takes two arguments:

A pointer to a particular ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structure defining a database change

An integer specifying which type of row image in the update structure should be examined

The following are valid values:

INSERTED_TUP: Examine the inserted row.

DELETED_TUP: Examine the deleted row.

UPDATE_OLD_TUP: Examine the row before it was updated.

UPDATE_NEW_TUP: Examine the row after it was updated.

updatedCol()

SQLUSMALLINT updatedCol(u_int cno)

Returns the column number of a column that has been updated. For the input parameter you can iterate from 1 through n, where n is the number returned by numUpdatedCols(). Example 3-9 shows a snippet from the TimesTen Quick Start demo xlasubscriber1, where updatedCol() is used with numUpdatedCols() to retrieve each column that has been updated. (See "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

Example 3-9 Using TTXlaRowViewer::numUpdatedCols() and updatedCol()

void
SampleHandler::HandleUpdate(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* )
{
  cerr << row2.numUpdatedCols() << " column(s) updated: ";
  for ( int i = 1; i <= row2.numUpdatedCols(); i++ )
  {
    cerr << row2.updatedCol(i) << "("
         << row2.getColumn(row2.updatedCol(i)-1)->getColName() << ") ";
  }
  cerr << endl;
}

TTXlaTableHandler

The TTXlaTableHandler class provides methods that enable and disable change tracking for a table. Methods are also provided to handle update notification records from XLA. It is intended as a base class from which application developers write customized classes to process changes to a particular table.

The constructor associates the TTXlaTableHandler object with a particular table and initializes the TTXlaTable data member contained within the TTXlaTableHandler object:

TTXlaTableHandler(TTXlaPersistConnection& conn, const char* ownerP,
                  const char* nameP)

Also see "TTXlaTable".

Usage

Application developers can derive one or more classes from TTXlaTableHandler and can put most of the application logic in the HandleInsert(), HandleDelete(), and HandleUpdate() methods of that class.

One possible design is to derive multiple classes from TTXlaTableHandler, one for each table. Business logic to handle changes to customer data might be implemented in a CustomerTableHandler class, for example, while business logic to handle changes to order data might be implemented in an OrderTableHandler class.

Another possible design is to derive one or more generic classes from TTXlaTableHandler to handle various scenarios. For example, a generic class derived from TTXlaTableHandler could be used to publish changes using a publish/subscribe system.

See the xlasubscriber1 and xlasubscriber2 demos in the TimesTen Quick Start for examples of classes that extend TTXlaTableHandler. (Refer to "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

Public members

None

Protected members

Member | Description
TTXlaTable tbl | This is for the metadata associated with the table being handled.
TTXlaRowViewer row | This is used to view the row being inserted or deleted, or the old image of the row being updated, in user-written HandleInsert(), HandleDelete(), and HandleUpdate() methods.
TTXlaRowViewer row2 | This is used to view the new image of the row being updated in user-written HandleUpdate() methods.

Public methods

Method
Description

DisableTracking()

Disables XLA update tracking for the table.

EnableTracking()

Enables XLA update tracking for the table.

generateSQL()

Returns the SQL associated with a given XLA record.

HandleChange()

Dispatches a record from ttXlaUpdateDesc_t to the appropriate handling routine for processing.

HandleDelete()

This is invoked when the HandleChange() method is called to process a delete operation.

HandleInsert()

This is invoked when the HandleChange() method is called to process an insert operation.

HandleUpdate()

This is invoked when the HandleChange() method is called to process an update operation.

DisableTracking()

virtual void DisableTracking()

Disables XLA update tracking for the table. After this method is called, the XLA bookmark will no longer capture information about changes to the table.

EnableTracking()

virtual void EnableTracking()

Enables XLA update tracking for the table. Until this method is called, the XLA bookmark will not capture information about changes to the table.

generateSQL()

void generateSQL (ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP, char* buffer,
                  SQLINTEGER maxByteLen, SQLINTEGER* actualByteLenP)

This method prints the SQL associated with a given XLA record. The SQL string is returned through the buffer parameter. Allocate space for the buffer and specify its maximum length, maxByteLen. The actualByteLenP parameter returns information about the actual length of the SQL string returned.

If maxByteLen is less than the length of the generated SQL string, a TTStatus error will be thrown, and the contents of buffer and actualByteLenP will not be modified.

HandleChange()

virtual void HandleChange(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP)
virtual void HandleChange(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP, void* pData)

Dispatches a ttXlaUpdateDesc_t object to the appropriate handling routine for processing. The update description is analyzed to determine if it is for a delete, insert or update operation. The appropriate handing method is then called: HandleDelete(), HandleInsert(), or HandleUpdate().

Classes that inherit from TTXlaTableHandler can use the optional pData parameter when they overload the TTXlaTableHandler::HandleChange() method. This optional parameter is useful for determining whether the batch of XLA records that was just processed ends on a transaction boundary. Knowing this will help an application decide the appropriate time to invoke TTConnection::ackUpdates(). See "Acknowledging XLA updates at transaction boundaries" for an example that uses the pData parameter.

Also see "HandleChange()" for TTXlaTableList objects.

HandleDelete()

virtual void HandleDelete(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP) = 0

This method is invoked whenever the HandleChange() method is called to process a delete operation.

HandleDelete() is not implemented in the TTXlaTableHandler base class. It must be implemented by any classes derived from it, with appropriate logic to handle deleted rows.

The row that was deleted from the table is available through the protected member row of type TTXlaRowViewer.

HandleInsert()

virtual void HandleInsert(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP) = 0

This method is invoked whenever the HandleChange() method is called to process an insert operation.

HandleInsert() is not implemented in the TTXlaTableHandler base class. It must be implemented by any classes derived from it, with appropriate logic to handle inserted rows.

The row that was inserted into the table is available through the protected member row of type TTXlaRowViewer.

HandleUpdate()

virtual void HandleUpdate(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP) = 0

This method is invoked whenever the HandleChange() method is called to process an update operation.

HandleUpdate() is not implemented in the TTXlaTableHandler base class. It must be implemented by any classes derived from it, with appropriate logic to handle updated rows.

The previous version of the row that was updated from the table is available through the protected member row of type TTXlaRowViewer. The new version of the row is available through the protected member row2, also of type TTXlaRowViewer.

TTXlaTableList

The TTXlaTableList class provides a list of TTXlaTableHandler objects and is used to dispatch update notification events to the appropriate TTXlaTableHandler object. When an update notification is received from XLA, the appropriate HandleXxx() method of the appropriate TTXlaTableHandler object is called to process the record.

For example, if an object of type CustomerTableHandler is handling changes to table CUSTOMER, and an object of type OrderTableHandler is handling changes to table ORDERS, the application should have both of these objects in a TTXlaTableList object. As XLA update notification records are fetched from XLA, they can be dispatched to the correct handler by a call to TTXlaTableList::HandleChange().

The constructor has two forms:

TTXlaTableList(TTXlaPersistConnection* cP, unsigned int num_tbls_to_monitor)

Where num_tbls_to_monitor is the number of database objects to monitor.

Or:

TTXlaTableList(TTXlaPersistConnection* cP);

Where cP references the database connection to be used for XLA operations. This form of the constructor can monitor up to 150 database objects.

Usage

By registering TTXlaTableHandler objects in a TTXlaTableList object, the process of fetching update notification records from XLA and dispatching them to the appropriate methods for processing can be accomplished using a loop.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

add()

Adds a TTXlaTableHandler object to the list.

del()

Deletes a TTXlaTableHandler object from the list.

HandleChange()

Processes a record obtained from a ttXlaUpdateDesc_t structure.

add()

void add(TTXlaTableHandler* tblh)

Adds a TTXlaTableHandler object to the list.

del()

void del(TTXlaTableHandler* tblh)

Deletes a TTXlaTableHandler object from the list.

HandleChange()

void HandleChange(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP)
void HandleChange(ttXlaUpdateDesc_t* updateDescP, void* pData)

When a ttXlaUpdateDesc_t object is received from XLA, it can be processed by calling this method, which determines which table the record references and calls the HandleChange() method of the appropriate TTXlaTableHandler object.

See "HandleChange()" for TTXlaTableHandler objects, including a discussion of the pData parameter.

TTXlaTable

The TTXlaTable class encapsulates the metadata for a table being monitored for changes. It acts as a metadata interface for the TimesTen ttXlaTblDesc_t C data structure. (See "ttXlaTblDesc_t" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.)

Usage

When a user application creates a class that extends TTXlaTableHandler, it will typically call TTXlaTable::getColNumber() to map a column name to its XLA column number. You can then use the column number as input to the TTXlaRowViewer::Get() method. This is shown in the xlasubscriber2 demo in the TimesTen Quick Start. (Refer to "About the TimesTen TTClasses demos".)

This class also provides useful metadata functions to return the name, owner, and number of columns in the table.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getColNumber()

Returns the column number of the specified column in the table.

getNCols()

Returns the number of columns in the table.

getOwnerName()

Returns the name of owner of the table.

getTableName()

Returns the name of the table.

getColNumber()

int getColNumber(const char* colNameP) const

For a specified column name in the table, this method returns its column number, or -1 if there is no column by that name.

getNCols()

int getNCols() const

Returns the number of columns in the table.

getOwnerName()

const char* getOwnerName() const

Returns the user name of the owner of the table.

getTableName()

const char* getTableName() const

Returns the name of the table.

TTXlaColumn

A TTXlaColumn object contains the metadata for a single column of a table being monitored for changes. It acts as a metadata interface for the TimesTen ttXlaColDesc_t C data structure. (See "ttXlaColDesc_t" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.) Information including the column name, type, precision, and scale can be retrieved.

Usage

Applications can associate a column with a TTXlaColumn object by using the TTXlaRowViewer::getColumn() method.

Public members

None

Public methods

Method
Description

getColName()

Returns the name of the column.

getPrecision()

Returns the precision of the column.

getScale()

Returns the scale of the column.

getSize()

Returns the size of the column data, in bytes.

getSysColNum()

Returns the system-generated column number of this column as stored in the database.

getType()

Returns the data type of the column, as an integer.

getUserColNum()

Returns a column number optionally specified by the user, or 0.

isNullable()

Indicates whether the column allows NULL values.

isPKColumn()

Indicates whether the column is the primary key for the table.

isTTTimestamp()

Indicates whether the column is a TT_TIMESTAMP column.

isUpdated()

Indicates whether the column was updated.

getColName()

const char* getColName() const

Returns the name of the column.

getPrecision()

SQLULEN getPrecision() const

Returns the precision for data in the column, referring to the maximum number of digits that are used by the data type.

getScale()

int getScale() const

Returns the scale for data in the column, referring to the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

getSize()

SQLUINTEGER getSize() const

Returns the size of values in the column, in bytes.

getSysColNum()

SQLUINTEGER getSysColNum() const

This is the system-generated column number of the column, numbered from 1. It equals the corresponding COLNUM value in SYS.COLUMNS. (See "SYS.COLUMNS" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database System Tables and Views Reference.)

getType()

int getType() const

Returns an integer representing the TimesTen XLA data type (TTXLA_xxx) of the column. This is a value from the dataType field of the TimesTen ttXlaColDesc_t data structure. In some cases this corresponds to an ODBC SQL data type (SQL_xxx) and the corresponding standard integer value.

Refer to "About XLA data types" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for information regarding TimesTen XLA data types. The corresponding integer values are defined for use in any TTClasses application that includes the TTXla.h header file.

Also refer to "ttXlaColDesc_t" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide for information about that data structure.

getUserColNum()

SQLUINTEGER getUserColNum() const

Returns a column number optionally specified by the user through the ttSetUserColumnID TimesTen built-in procedure, or 0.

See "ttSetUserColumnID" in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference.

isNullable()

bool isNullable() const

Returns TRUE if null values are allowed in the column, or FALSE otherwise.

isPKColumn()

bool isPKColumn() const

Returns TRUE if this column is the primary key for the table, or FALSE otherwise.

isTTTimestamp()

bool isTTTimestamp() const

Returns TRUE if this column is a TT_TIMESTAMP column, or FALSE otherwise.

isUpdated()

bool isUpdated() const

Returns TRUE if this column was updated, or FALSE otherwise.

Index

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  W  X 

A

access control

connections, 2.4.3

CREATE SESSION privilege to connect, 2.4.3.2

in XLA, 2.7.3

TimesTen features, 2.3

acknowledging XLA updates

ackUpdates method, 3.3.1.3.1

at transaction boundaries, 2.7.2

without transaction boundaries, 2.7.1

ackUpdates method (XLA), 3.3.1.3.1

add method (add table handler to XLA table list), 3.3.4.3.1

AddConnectionToPool method, 3.1.4.3.1

AIX, linking considerations, 1.2.1

autocommit, 3.1.3.3.10

B

batch operations

bind parameter, 3.1.5.5.2

execute, 3.1.5.5.3

prepare, 3.1.5.5.4

size of batch, 3.1.5.5.1

TTCmd methods, 3.1.5.5

batchSize method, 3.1.5.5.1

bind variable--see binding parameters

binding parameters

duplicate parameters in SQL, 2.5.1.4

input parameters, 2.5.1.1

length of bound value, setting (batch), 3.1.5.5.5

length of bound value, setting (non-batch), 3.1.5.3.23

null value, setting (batch), 3.1.5.5.6

null value, setting (non-batch), 3.1.5.3.24

output and input/output parameters, 2.5.1.3

registering parameters, 2.5.1.2

registerParam method, 3.1.5.3.19

set parameter value (batch), 3.1.5.5.2

set parameter value (non-batch), 3.1.5.3.22

BindParameter method (bind parameter, batch), 3.1.5.5.2

bookmark

acquire location, 3.3.1.3.6

delete, 3.3.1.3.3

return to location, 3.3.1.3.7

C

catalog

catalog class (metadata information, tables), 3.2.1

column class (metadata information, column), 3.2.3

fetch catalog data, 3.2.1.2.1

index class (metadata information, index), 3.2.4

special column class (metadata information, special column), 3.2.5

system catalog classes, 3.2

table class (metadata information, single table), 3.2.2

client/server, deferred prepare, 3.1.5.3.17

Close method (close result set), 3.1.5.3.1

column class, catalog, 3.2.3

column, number of columns, return, 3.2.2.2.3

columnPrec method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.1

columnScale method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.2

Commit method, 3.1.3.3.1

compiler macros

64-bit TimesTen, 1.1.3.4

C++ streams, 1.1.3.2

gcc, 1.1.3.5

throw C++ exceptions, 1.1.3.1

TT_64BIT, 1.1.3.4

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM, 1.1.3.2.1

TTDEBUG, 1.1.3.3

TTEXCEPT, 1.1.3.1

USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS, 1.1.3.2.3

compiling

applications, 1.2

applications on UNIX, 1.2.1

applications on Windows, 1.2.2

TTClasses on UNIX, 1.1.1.2

TTClasses on Windows, 1.1.2.2

UNIX compilation options for TTClasses, 1.1.1.3

Windows compilation options for TTClasses, 1.1.2.3

Connect method

description, 3.1.3.3.2

example, 2.2

XLA, 3.3.1.3.2

connection

access control, 2.4.3

autocommit, 3.1.3.3.10

confirm connection, 3.1.3.3.7

connect (XLA), 3.3.1.3.2

Connect method example, 2.2

connecting, 3.1.3.3.2

connecting and disconnecting, 2.4.2

connection class definition, 2.2

connection pools, 3.1.4

context value, 3.1.3.3.6

CREATE SESSION privilege, 2.4.3.2

disconnect (XLA), 3.3.1.3.4

Disconnect method example, 2.2

disconnecting, 3.1.3.3.3

managing connections, 2.4

ODBC connection handle, 3.1.3.3.5

privilege for XLA connections, 2.4.3.3

TTConnection class, 3.1.3

validity check, 3.1.2.4.1

XLA, privilege for connections, 2.4.3.3

connection pool

adding connection to pool, 3.1.4.3.1

connecting all connections in pool, 3.1.4.3.2

disconnecting all connections in pool, 3.1.4.3.3

getting a connection from pool, 3.1.4.3.5

returning a connection to pool, 3.1.4.3.4

status information, 3.1.4.3.6

TTConnectionPool class, 3.1.4

CREATE SESSION privilege, 2.4.3.2

D

data source names (DSNs), 2.4.1

debugging

debug libraries, shared and static (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

generating information, 1.1.3.3

shared debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

static debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

deferred prepare, client/server, 3.1.5.3.17

del method (delete table handler from XLA table list), 3.3.4.3.2

delete TTClasses libraries and object files

UNIX, 1.1.1.3

Windows, 1.1.2.3

deleteBookmarkAndDisconnect method, 3.3.1.3.3

demos for TTClasses, 1.3

disableLogging method, 3.1.1.3.1

DisableTracking method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.1

Disconnect method

description, 3.1.3.3.3

XLA, 3.3.1.3.4

DisconnectAll method, 3.1.4.3.3

DO_NOT_THROW flag (TTStatus), suppress exceptions, 3.1.2.1

driver manager

restrictions, 1.2.3

shared optimized library for driver manager (Windows), 1.1.2.3

Drop method (drop prepared statement), 3.1.5.3.2

DSNs (data source names), 2.4.1

duplicate parameter binding, 2.5.1.4

DuplicateBindMode general connection attribute, 2.5.1.4

DurableCommit method, 3.1.3.3.4

E

EnableTracking method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.2

environment handle, ODBC, 3.1.1.3.4

environment variables

UNIX, 1.1.1.1

Windows, 1.1.2.1

error reporting

print error to stream, 3.1.2.4.2

suppress exceptions, DO_NOT_THROW flag, 3.1.2.1

try/catch with TTStatus, 3.1.2.1

TTError class, 3.1.2.2.1

TTStatus class, 3.1.2

TTWarning class, 3.1.2.2.2

Execute method (execute statement), 3.1.5.3.3

ExecuteBatch method, 3.1.5.5.3

ExecuteImmediate method (instead of Prepare and Execute), 3.1.5.3.4

F

fetch result set row, 3.1.5.3.5

fetchCatalogData method, 3.2.1.2.1

FetchNext method (fetch result set row), 3.1.5.3.5

fetchUpdatesWait method (XLA), 3.3.1.3.5

freeConnection method, 3.1.4.3.4

G

gcc, using to compile TTClasses, 1.1.3.5

generateSQL method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.3

Get method (column value, XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.3

getBookmarkIndex method (XLA), 3.3.1.3.6

getCollation method (index), 3.2.4.2.1

getColName method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.1

getColNumber method (XLA table), 3.3.5.3.1

getColumn method

catalog, column, 3.2.2.2.1

description, 3.1.5.3.6

metadata, XLA row viewer, 3.3.2.3.4

getColumnLength method, 3.1.5.3.7

getColumnName method

catalog, column, 3.2.3.2.1

description, 3.1.5.4.1

index, 3.2.4.2.2

getColumnName method (special column), 3.2.5.3.1

getColumnNullability method, 3.1.5.4.2

getColumnNullable method, 3.1.5.3.8

getColumnPrecision method, 3.1.5.4.3

getColumnScale method, 3.1.5.4.4

getColumnType method, 3.1.5.4.5

getDataType method

column, 3.2.3.2.2

special column, 3.2.5.3.2

getHdbc method, 3.1.3.3.5

getIndex method, 3.2.2.2.2

getIndexName method, 3.2.4.2.3

getIndexOwner method, 3.2.4.2.4

getLength method

column, 3.2.3.2.3

special column, 3.2.5.3.3

getMaxRows method, 3.1.5.3.10

getNCols method (number of columns, XLA table), 3.3.5.3.2

getNColumns method, 3.1.5.4.6

getNextColumn method, 3.1.5.3.11

getNextColumnNullable method, 3.1.5.3.12

getNParameters method, 3.1.5.4.7

getNullable method (column), 3.2.3.2.4

getNumColumns method

index, 3.2.4.2.5

table, 3.2.2.2.3

getNumIndexes method, 3.2.2.2.4

getNumSpecialColumns method, 3.2.2.2.5

getNumSysTables method, 3.2.1.2.2

getNumTables method, 3.2.1.2.3

getNumUserTables method, 3.2.1.2.4

getOwnerName method (XLA table), 3.3.5.3.3

getParam method, 3.1.5.3.13

getParamNullability method, 3.1.5.4.8

getParamPrecision method, 3.1.5.4.9

getParamScale method, 3.1.5.4.10

getParamType method, 3.1.5.4.11

getPrecision method

column, 3.2.3.2.5

special column, 3.2.5.3.4

XLA column, 3.3.6.3.2

getQueryThreshold method, 3.1.5.3.14

getRadix method, column, 3.2.3.2.6

getRowCount method, 3.1.5.3.15

getScale method

column, 3.2.3.2.7

special column, 3.2.5.3.5

XLA column, 3.3.6.3.3

getSize method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.4

getSpecialColumn method, 3.2.2.2.6

getStats method, 3.1.4.3.6

getSysColNum method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.5

getTable method, 3.2.1.2.5

getTableIndex method, 3.2.1.2.6

getTableName method

catalog, table, 3.2.2.2.7

index, 3.2.4.2.6

XLA table, 3.3.5.3.4

getTableOwner method, 3.2.2.2.8

getTableType method, 3.2.2.2.9

GetTTContext method, 3.1.3.3.6

getType method

index, 3.2.4.2.7

XLA column, 3.3.6.3.6

getTypeName method

column, 3.2.3.2.8

special column, 3.2.5.3.6

getUserColNum method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.7

getUserTable method, 3.2.1.2.7

H

HandleChange method

XLA table handler, 3.3.3.4.4

XLA table list, 3.3.4.3.3

HandleDelete method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.5

HandleInsert method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.6

HandleUpdate method (XLA table handler), 3.3.3.4.7

HDBC (connection) handle, ODBC, 3.1.3.3.5

HENV (environment) handle, ODBC, 3.1.1.3.4

HSTMT (statement) handle, ODBC, 3.1.5, 3.1.5.3.9

I

index class, catalog, 3.2.4

index, number of indexes, return, 3.2.2.2.4

input parameters, 2.5.1.1

I/O streams, C++ flag settings, 1.1.3.2

isBeingExecuted method, 3.1.5.4.12

isColumnNull method, 3.1.5.3.16

isColumnTTTimestamp method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.5

isConnected method, 3.1.3.3.7

isConnectionInvalid method, 3.1.2.4.1

isNull method (column, XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.6

isNullable method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.8

isolation level

Read Committed, 3.1.3.3.11

Serializable, 3.1.3.3.12

isPKColumn method (primary key, XLA column), 3.3.6.3.9

isSystemTable method, 3.2.2.2.10

isTTTimestamp method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.10

isUnique method (index), 3.2.4.2.8

isUpdated method (XLA column), 3.3.6.3.11

isUserTable method, 3.2.2.2.11

L

linking applications

AIX considerations, 1.2.1

on UNIX, 1.2.1

on Windows, 1.2.2

references to related information, 1.2

Solaris considerations, 1.2.1

LOBs

TimesTen support, 2.5.4

XLA support, 2.7

lock timeout interval, 3.1.3.3.13

logging

disable, 3.1.1.3.1

levels, 3.1.1.3.2

logging information, where to send, 3.1.1.3.3

TTGlobal class, 3.1.1

using, 2.6

M

macros--see compiler macros

make

clean, delete TTClasses libraries and object files (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

clean, delete TTClasses libraries and object files (Windows), 1.1.2.3

debug libraries (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

optimized libraries (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

optimized libraries, direct and client/server (Windows), 1.1.2.3

optimized library, client/server (Windows), 1.1.2.3

shared debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

shared optimized library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

shared optimized library for driver manager (Windows), 1.1.2.3

static debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

static optimized library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

metadata

column, 3.2.3

index, 3.2.4

number of system tables, 3.2.1.2.2

number of tables, 3.2.1.2.3

number of user tables, 3.2.1.2.4

special column, 3.2.5

table, single, 3.2.2

tables, 3.2.1

multithreaded applications, 3.1.4

N

name of table, return, 3.2.2.2.7

numUpdatedCols method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.7

O

ODBC

HDBC (connection) handle, 3.1.3.3.5

HENV (environment) handle, 3.1.1.3.4

HSTMT (statement) handle, 3.1.5, 3.1.5.3.9

optimized library

client/server (Windows), 1.1.2.3

direct and client/server (Windows), 1.1.2.3

for driver manager (Windows), 1.1.2.3

shared (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

shared and static (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

static (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

ostream method, 3.1.2.4.2

OUT and IN OUT parameters

getting output values, 3.1.5.3.13

registering, 2.5.1.2

output and input/output parameters

binding, 2.5.1.3

owner of table, return, 3.2.2.2.8

P

parameter binding--see binding parameters

prefetch, 3.1.3.3.15

Prepare method (prepare statement), 3.1.5.3.17

PrepareBatch method, 3.1.5.5.4

printColumn method, 3.1.5.3.18

Q

query--see result set

Quick Start demos for TTClasses, 1.3

R

REF CURSORs

getParam method for REF CURSORs, 3.1.5.3.13

using, 2.5.2

registerParam method, 2.5.1.2, 3.1.5.3.19

RePrepare method (after invalidation), 3.1.5.3.20

result set

close, 3.1.5.3.1

fetch a column of current row, 3.1.5.3.6

fetch next column of current row, 3.1.5.3.11

fetch row, 3.1.5.3.5

maximum rows, 3.1.5.3.21

print value of a column of current row, 3.1.5.3.18

Rollback method, 3.1.3.3.8

rowids, ROWID type, 2.5.3

S

SetAutoCommitOff method, 3.1.3.3.9

SetAutoCommitOn method, 3.1.3.3.10

setBookmarkIndex method (XLA), 3.3.1.3.7

SetIsoReadCommitted method, 3.1.3.3.11

SetIsoSerializable method, 3.1.3.3.12

SetLockWait method, 3.1.3.3.13

setLogLevel method, 3.1.1.3.2

setLogStream method, 3.1.1.3.3

setMaxRows method, 3.1.5.3.21

setParam method (bind parameter, non-batch), 3.1.5.3.22

setParamLength method

batch operations, 3.1.5.5.5

non-batch operations, 3.1.5.3.23

setParamNull method

batch operations, 3.1.5.5.6

non-batch operations, 3.1.5.3.24

SetPrefetchCloseOff method, 3.1.3.3.14

SetPrefetchCloseOn method, 3.1.3.3.15

SetPrefetchCount method, 3.1.3.3.16

setQueryThreshold method, 3.1.5.3.25

setQueryTimeout method, 3.1.5.3.26

setTuple method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.8

shared debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

shared optimized library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

size of batch, 3.1.5.5.1

Solaris, linking considerations, 1.2.1

special column class, catalog, 3.2.5

SQL statements

drop, 3.1.5.3.2

execute, 3.1.5.3.3

execute immediate (instead of prepare and execute), 3.1.5.3.4

execution, confirm, 3.1.5.4.12

number of rows affected, 3.1.5.3.15

prepare, 3.1.5.3.17

reprepare (after invalidation), 3.1.5.3.20

timeouts and thresholds, 2.5.5

TTCmd class, 3.1.5

sqlhenv method, 3.1.1.3.4

statement handle, ODBC, 3.1.5, 3.1.5.3.9

statements--see SQL statements

static debug library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

static optimized library (UNIX), 1.1.1.3

streams, C++ flag settings, 1.1.3.2

system catalog--see catalog

T

table class, catalog, 3.2.2

threshold, SQL statements, 2.5.5

throwError method, 3.1.2.4.3

timeout, SQL statements, 2.5.5

transaction

acknowledge XLA updates at transaction boundaries, 2.7.2

acknowledge XLA updates without transaction boundaries, 2.7.1

autocommit, 3.1.3.3.10

committing, 3.1.3.3.1

durable commit, 3.1.3.3.4

isolation level, Read Commited, 3.1.3.3.11

isolation level, Serializable, 3.1.3.3.12

log API, overview, 2.7

rolling back, 3.1.3.3.8

TT_64BIT compiler macro, 1.1.3.4

TTC_USE_STRINGSTREAM compiler macro, 1.1.3.2.1

TTCatalog class (metadata information, tables), 3.2.1

TTCatalogColumn class

metadata information, column, 3.2.3

return a TTCatalogColumn object, 3.2.2.2.1

TTCatalogIndex class

metadata information, index, 3.2.4

return a TTCatalogIndex object, 3.2.2.2.2

TTCatalogSpecialColumn class

metadata information, special column, 3.2.5

return a TTCatalogSpecialColumn object, 3.2.2.2.6

TTCatalogTable class

metadata information, single table, 3.2.2

return a TTCatalogTable object, 3.2.1.2.5

TTCmd class (SQL statement)

batch operations, 3.1.5.5

general use, 3.1.5.3

introduction and overview, 3.1.5

non-batch operations, 3.1.5.3

object properties, obtaining, 3.1.5.4

overview, using, 2.2

TTConnection class

description, 3.1.3

overview, using, 2.2

TTConnectionPool class

description, 3.1.4

overview, using, 2.2

TTDEBUG compiler macro, 1.1.3.3

TTError class, 3.1.2.2.1

TTEXCEPT compiler macro, 1.1.3.1

TTGlobal class (logging), 3.1.1

TTStatus class (error reporting), 3.1.2

TTWarning class, 3.1.2.2.2

TTXlaColumn class, 3.3.6

TTXlaPersistConnection class, 3.3.1

TTXlaRowViewer class, 3.3.2

TTXlaTable class, 3.3.5

TTXlaTableHandler class, 3.3.3

TTXlaTableList class, 3.3.4

U

UNIX

compilation options for TTClasses, 1.1.1.3

compiling and linking applications, 1.2.1

compiling TTClasses, 1.1.1.2

environment variables, 1.1.1.1

installing TTClasses library, 1.1.1.4

updatedCol method (XLA row viewer), 3.3.2.3.9

USE_OLD_CPP_STREAMS compiler macro, 1.1.3.2.3

W

Windows

compilation options for TTClasses, 1.1.2.3

compiling and linking applications, 1.2.2

compiling TTClasses, 1.1.2.2

environment variables, 1.1.2.1

X

XLA

access control, 2.7.3

ackUpdates method, acknowledge updates, 3.3.1.3.1

bookmark location, acquire, 3.3.1.3.6

bookmark location, return, 3.3.1.3.7

classes, 2.7

classes to use XLA, 3.3

column class, 3.3.6

connect, 3.3.1.3.2

connection, create, 3.3.1

connections, privilege, 2.4.3.3

delete bookmark, 3.3.1.3.3

disconnect, 3.3.1.3.4

fetch records, 3.3.1.3.5

LOB support, 2.7

privilege for connections, 2.4.3.3

row viewer class, 3.3.2

table class, 3.3.5

table handler class, 3.3.3

table list class, 3.3.4

updates, acknowledging at transaction boundaries, 2.7.2

updates, acknowledging without transaction boundaries, 2.7.1

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