gpre - Firebird source pre-processor

       Copyright (C) Damyan Ivanov, 2009.

       This manpage was written by Damyan Ivanov for the Debian project but may be used by others. Permission is
       granted to use this document, with or without modifications, provided that this notice is retained. If we
       meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.

Firebird 4.0                                       2025-02-17                                            GPRE(1)

gpre  is  a  source  pre-processor  for  easier writing of programs working with the raw Firebird API. It
       supports multiple source languages. Using gpre, you can mix special SQL-like  language  with  the  normal
       program source.

       gpre - Firebird source pre-processor

-ada
           Source is an Ada program.

       -handlespackagename
           Ada only. Specifies the handles package.

       -c  Source is a C program.

       -cxx | -cplusplus
           Source is a C++ program.

       -databasename
           Pre-define database connection.

       -d_float
           Generate "blr_d_float" for doubles.

       -either_case
           Accept upper or lower case DML in C.

       -fetch_password
           Fetch password from file.

       -charsetstring
           Default character set & format.

       -lang_internal
           Set some variables to defaults usable for internal Firebird use.

       -manual
           Do not automatically ATTACH to a database.

       -no_lines
           Do not generate C debug lines.

       -output
           Send output to standard out

       -passwordstring
           Default password.

       -raw
           Generate unformatted binary BLR.

       -sql_dialectvalue
           SQL dialect to use.

       -sqlda N
           Deprecated feature.

       -username
           Default user name.

       -verbose
           Verbose output to stderr.

       -x  External database (used with -database).

       -cob
           Source is a COBOL program.

       -ansi
           Generate ANSI85 compatible COBOL code.

       -rmc
           RM/Cobol

       -z  Print software version.

       -basedir
           Base directory for compile-time database.

       -dfmformat
           COBOL date format

       -noqli
           Suppress QLI syntax.

       -fortran
           Source is a FORTRAN program.

       -pascal
           Source is a Pascal program.

       -trusted
           Use trusted authentication.

gpre [option...] inputoutput