Name

dbg_printf — print formatted output onto the system console

Synopsis

dbg_printf ( in format varchar ,
in arg1 any ,
... ,
in argn any );

Description

dbg_printf prints a variable number (max. eight) of arguments to the system console of Virtuoso server, each argument formatted in C printf style, according to the format string specified in the first argument.

Parameters

format

a C sprintf -style format string

argn

The arguments to format and print in any type

Return Values

None

Examples

Example24.87.Simple example

The frammitz just zilched!

                if (frammitz_status 0)
                {
                dbg_printf ('Error: Frammitz status: %d.\nProgram terminated',
                frammitz_status);
                signal ('42666', 'Frammitz zilched');
                }
            

Hitting these lines would cause something like this in a client:

*** Error 42666: [Virtuoso Driver][Virtuoso Server]Frammitz zilched at line 84 (84) of Top-Level:
                zappi()
            

The console output would look like this:

Error: Frammitz status: 2.
                Program terminated