Example: LOBFILE.SQC in C

 #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sql.h>
#include "util.h"
 
EXEC SQL INCLUDE SQLCA;
 
#define  CHECKERR(CE_STR)   if (check_error (CE_STR, &sqlca) != 0) return 1;
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION; 1  
      SQL TYPE IS CLOB_FILE resume;
      short lobind;
      char userid[9];
      char passwd[19];
   EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
 
   printf( "Sample C program: LOBFILE\n" );
 
   if (argc == 1) {
      EXEC SQL CONNECT TO sample;
	  CHECKERR ("CONNECT TO SAMPLE");
   }
   else if (argc == 3) { 
      strcpy (userid, argv[1]);
      strcpy (passwd, argv[2]);
      EXEC SQL CONNECT TO sample USER :userid USING :passwd;
      CHECKERR ("CONNECT TO SAMPLE");
   }
   else {
      printf ("\nUSAGE: lobfile [userid passwd]\n\n");
      return 1;
   } /* endif */
   
   strcpy (resume.name, "RESUME.TXT");  2  
   resume.name_length = strlen("RESUME.TXT");
   resume.file_options = SQL_FILE_OVERWRITE;
 
   EXEC SQL SELECT resume INTO :resume :lobind FROM emp_resume  3  
      WHERE resume_format='ascii' AND empno='000130';
 
   if (lobind < 0) {
      printf ("NULL LOB indicated \n");
   } else {
      printf ("Resume for EMPNO 000130 is in file : RESUME.TXT\n");
   } /* endif */
 
   EXEC SQL CONNECT RESET;
   CHECKERR ("CONNECT RESET");
   return 0;
}
/* end of program : LOBFILE.SQC */