From: Warren Young
Date: December 15 2006 8:47pm
Subject: Re: sql_create_x and Type issues
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Eric C. Anderson wrote:
> It may be small condolence, but I have not had any luck with those
> sql_create_x macros either. They seem to generate code that refuses to
> compile, no matter what you do. 

Many people use SSQLS every day successfully, including me, the 
library's maintainer.  SSQLS is finicky -- which is one reason we're 
playing with ideas for replacements -- but it is undeniably useful as-is.

> I have abandoned them, after wasting an entire
> day on it.

Okay, but you'll waste more than one day writing SQL code by hand by 
avoiding them.

Perhaps you need to study the user guide more carefully.  There are 
several subtleties in declaring a SSQLS that are non-obvious.