Database access system

A recording medium for storing a program adapted for implementing functions of an interface in a database access system, said program being executable to carry out machine-effected steps of:

• examining a literal of a database access statement of a first data type passed thereto;
• transforming said database access statement to another database access statement of another data type adequate for said literal;
• and
• accessing a database using said another database access statement.

A database access system for interfacing database access from an application, comprising:

• a) means for examining a literal of a database access statement passed thereto, said database access statement being in a form of an SQL statement of a character type;
• b) means for transforming said database access statement to another database access statement adequate for said literal, said another database access statement being a character string type other than said character type;
• c) means for accessing a database using said another database access statement;
• and
• d) means responsive to an error state resulting from use of said another database access statement, for causing said means for transforming to select a further database access statement adequate for said literal, and for operating said means for accessing to again access said database using said further database access statement.

A recording medium for storing a program adapted for implementing functions of an interface in a database access system, said program being executable by a computer under control of said recording medium to carry out the steps of:

• a) examining a literal of a database access statement passed thereto, said database access statement being in a form of an SQL statement of a character type;
• b) transforming said database access statement to another database access statement adequate for said literal, said another database access statement being a character string type other than said character type;
• c) accessing a database using said another database access statement;
• and
• d) responding to an error state resulting from use of said another database access statement, for causing step b) to select a further database access statement adequate for said literal, and for causing step c) to again access said database using said further database access statement.