8. A system for compiling source code to p-code or machine-language instructions, wherein the source code contains high level source code with embedded SQL statements, comprising: reading means to read the source code one line at a time and generate a read line of source code; determining means to identify said read line of source code as a line of high level source code or an SQL statement; and compiling means to parse said read line of source code and generate p-code or machine-language instructions, wherein if said read line of source code is an SQL statement, said compiling means occurs in a one-pass parsing mechanism.
13. A system for compiling source code to p-code or machine-language instructions according to claim 8, wherein said one-pass parsing mechanism of said compiling means comprises translating said SQL statement to an array of function pointers.