Rudolf Bargholz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> has anyone been able to compile SQL stored procedures on DB2 v7 UDB using
> the freeware GNU C complier on Windows using MinGW
> (http://www.mingw.org/).#

Hy Rudolf,

your question sounds strange to me! The compilation of
a stored procedure (anyway for DB2 or ORACLE) is the job
of the RDBMS and not of any calling or using programming
language !


> Must one use Visual C (5, 6, or .NET) from
> Microsoft for compiling stored procedures, or are there alternatives on
> Windows, preferably freeware?

Yo do not have to use Visual-Madness or .NOT compilers
to compile your PL/SQL code!


> Regards
>
> Rudolf Bargholz

Sincerily
Groovy