<s>
The	O
SQL/CLI	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Call-Level	O
Interface	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
standard	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
SQL:1999	B-Language
(	O
based	O
on	O
CLI-95	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
later	O
editions	O
such	O
as	O
ISO/IEC	O
9075-3:2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
extension	O
defines	O
common	O
interfacing	O
components	O
(	O
structures	O
and	O
procedures	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
execute	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
from	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQL/CLI	B-Language
extension	O
is	O
defined	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
and	O
SQL/CLI	B-Language
procedure	O
calls	O
are	O
treated	O
as	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
calling	O
application	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
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