GET DIAGNOSTICS statement

Use the GET DIAGNOSTICS statement to return diagnostic information about the most recently executed SQL statement.

Syntax


                                           (1)     
>>-GET DIAGNOSTICS--+-| Statement Clause |-----+---------------><
                    |                      (2) |   
                    '-| EXCEPTION Clause |-----'

Notes:

See Statement Clause
See EXCEPTION Clause

Usage

Use this statement with Informix® ESQL/C.

The GET DIAGNOSTICS statement retrieves specified status information that the database server records in a structure called the diagnostics area. Using GET DIAGNOSTICS does not change the contents of the diagnostics area.

The GET DIAGNOSTICS statement uses one of the following two clauses:

The Statement clause returns count and overflow information about errors and warnings that the most recent SQL statement generates.
The EXCEPTION clause provides specific information about errors and warnings that the most recent SQL statement generates.