C++ SQLBindParameter

Question

Here are the declarations of the variables:

string strFirstName;
string strLastName;
string strAddress;
string strCity;
string strState;
double dblSalary;
string strGender;
int intAge;

...Do some "cin" statements to get data...

retcode = SQLPrepare(StatementHandle, (SQLCHAR *)"INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE ([FirstName], [LastName], [Address], [City], [State], [Salary], [Gender],[Age]) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)", SQL_NTS);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 50, 0 &strFirstName,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 2, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 50, 0, &strLastName,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 3, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 30, 0, &strAddress,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 4, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 30, 0, &strCity,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 5, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 3, 0, &strState,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 6, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_DOUBLE, SQL_DOUBLE, 0, 0, &dblSalary,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 7, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 2, 0, &strGender,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 8, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_LONG, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0, &intAge,0, NULL);

retcode = SQLExecute(StatementHandle);

The int and double work fine and get stored in the table...but I can't figure out how to get the strings to store...

Answer 1

MSDN documentation for SQLBindParameter says you are meant to pass a buffer containing the data for ParameterValuePtr and the length of the buffer in bytes for BufferLength:

retcode = SQLBindParameter(StatementHandle, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR,
   SQL_LONGVARCHAR, 50, 0, strFirstName.c_str(), strFirstName.length(), NULL);

ParameterValuePtr [Deferred Input] A pointer to a buffer for the parameter's data. For more information, see "ParameterValuePtr Argument" in "Comments."

BufferLength [Input/Output] Length of the ParameterValuePtr buffer in bytes. For more information, see "BufferLength Argument" in "Comments."

Answer 2

It looks like the api, wants an unsigned char * try passing in a c string, using the c_str() method call.