ODBC API

Connecting to Data Sources

SQLAllocEnv

SQLAllocConnect

SQLConnect

SQLDriverConnect
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLBrowseConnect
(Level 2 Extension)

Disconnecting from a Data Source

SQLDisconnect

SQLFreeConnect

SQLFreeEnv

Setting & Retrieving Connection Options

SQLSetConnectOption
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLGetConnectOption
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLSetStmtOption
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLGetStmtOption
(Level 1 Extension)

Obtaining Information about a Driver or Data Source

SQLGetFunctions
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLGetTypeInfo
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLGetInfo
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLDataSources
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLDrivers
(Level 2 Extension)

Preparing SQL Requests to be Executed Multiple Times

SQLAllocStmt

SQLPrepare

SQLBindParameter
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLParamOptions
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLGetCursorName

SQLSetCursorName

SQLSetScrollOptions
(Level 2 Extension)

Submitting SQL Requests

SQLExecute

SQLExecDirect

SQLNativeSQL
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLDescribeParam
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLNumParams
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLParamData
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLPutData
(Level 1 Extension)

Retrieving Results and Information about Results

SQLRowCount

SQLNumResultCols

SQLDescribeCol

SQLColAttributes

SQLBindCol

SQLFetch

SQLExtendedFetch
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLGetData
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLSetPos
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLMoreResults
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLError

Terminating a Statement

SQLFreeStmt

SQLCancel

SQLTransact

Obtaining information about the Data Source's system tables (catalog functions)

SQLColumnPrivileges
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLColumns
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLForeignKeys
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLPrimaryKeys
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLProcedureColumns
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLProcedures
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLSpecialColumns
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLStatistics
(Level 1 Extension)

SQLTablePrivileges
(Level 2 Extension)

SQLTables
(Level 1 Extension)

ODBC C API DEFINITION: SQLExecute


Core

SQLExecute executes a prepared statement, using the current values of the parameter marker variables if any parameter markers exist in the statement.

SyntaxRETCODE SQLExecute(hstmt)

The SQLExecute function accepts the following argument.

Type

Argument

Use

Description

HSTMThstmtInputStatement handle
ReturnsSQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_ERROR, SQL_NEED_DATA, SQL_STILL_EXECUTING or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE
Diagnostics

When SQLExecute returns SQL_ERROR or SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, an associated SQLSTATE value may be obtained by calling SQLError. The following table lists the SQLSTATE values commonly returned by SQLExecute and explains each one in the context of this function; the notation "(DM)" precedes the descriptions of SQLSTATEs returned by the Driver Manager. The return code associated with each SQLSTATE value is SQL_ERROR, unless noted otherwise.

SQLSTATE

Error

Description

01000General warningDriver-specific informational message. (Function returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.)
01004Data truncated

The prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a character or binary parameter or literal and the value exceeded the maximum length of the associated table column.

The prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a numeric parameter or literal and the fractional part of the value was truncated.

The prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a date or time parameter or literal and a timestamp value was truncated.

01006Privilege not revokedThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt was REVOKE and the user did not have the specified privilege. (Funtion returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.)
01S03No rows updated or deletedThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt was a positioned update or delete statement and no rows were updated or deleted. (Function returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.)
01S04More than one row updated or deletedThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt was a positioned update or delete statement and more than one row was updated or deleted. (Function returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.
07001Wrong number of parametersThe number of parameters specified in SQLBindParameter was less than the number of parameters in the prepared statement associatd with the hstmt.
08S01Communication link failureThe communication link between the driver and the data source to which the driver was connected failed before the function completed processing.
22003Numeric value out of rangeThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a numeric parameter and the parameter value caused the whole (as opposed to fractional) part of the number to be truncated when assigned to the associated table column.
22005Error in assignmentThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a parameter and the value was incompatible with the data type of the associated table column.
22008Datetime field overflowThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a date, time or timestamp parameter or literal and the value was, respectively, and invalid date, time or timestamp.
22012Division by ZeroThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained an arithmetic expression which caused division by zero.
23000Integrity constraint violationThe prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a parameter. The parameter value was NULL for a column defined as NOT NULL in the associated table column, a duplicate value was supplied for a column constrained to contain only unique values, or some other integrity constraint was violated.
24000

Invalid cursor state

(DM) A cursor was open on the hstmt and SQLFetch or SQLExtendedFetch had been called.

A cursor was open on the hstmt but SQLFetch or SQLExtendedFetch had not been called.

The prepared statement associated with the hstmt contained a positioned update or delete statement and the cursor was positioned before the start of the result set or after the end of the result set.

40001Serialization failureThe transaction to which the prepared statement associated with the hstmt belonged was terminated to prevent deadlock.
42000Syntax error or access violationThe user did not have permission to execute the prepared statement associated with the hstmt
IM001Driver does not support this function.(DM) The driver associated with the hstmt does not support the function.
S1000General errorAn error occurred for which there was no specific SQLSTATE and for which no implementation-specific SQLSTATE was defined. The error message returned by SQLError in the argument szErrorMsg describes the error and its cause.
S1001Memory allocation failure(DM) The Driver Manager was unable to allocate memory for the connection handle. The driver was unable to allocate memory for the connection handle.
S1008Operation Canceled

Asynchronous processing was enabled for the hstmt. The funtion was called and before it completed execution, SQLCancel was called on the hstmt from a different thread in a multithreaded application.

S1010Function sequence error

(DM) An application asynchronously execution function (not this one) was called for the hstmt and was still executing when this function was called.

(DM) SQLExecute, SQLExecDirect, or SQLSetPos was called for the hstmt and returned SQL_NEED_DATA. This function was called before data was sent for all data-at-execution parameters or columns.

(DM) The hstmt was not prepared. Either the hstmt was not in an executed state, or a cursor was open on the hstmt and SQLFetch or SQLExtendedFetch had not been called.

S1090Invalid string or buffer length

A parameter value, set with SQLBindParameter, was a null pointer and the paramete rlength value was not 0, SQL_NULL_DATA, SQL_DATA_AT_EXEC, or less than or equal to SQL_LEN_DATA_AT_EXEC_OFFSET.

A parameter value, set with SQLBindParameter, was not a null pointer and the parameter length value was less than 0, but was not SQL_NTS, SQL_NULL_DATA, or SQL_DATA_AT_EXEC, or less than or equal to SQL_LEN_DATA_AT_EXEC_OFFSET.

S1109Invalid cursor positionThe prepared statement was a positioned update or delete statement and the cursor was positioned (by SQLSetPos or SQLExtendedFetch) on a row for which the value in the rgfRowStatus array in SQLExtendedFetch was SQL_ROW_DELETED or SQL_ROW_ERROR.
S1C00Driver not capableThe combination of the current settings of the SQL_CONCURRENCY and SQL_CURSOR_TYPE statement options was not supported by the driver or data source.
S1T00Timeout expiredThe timeout period expired before the data source returned the result set. The timeout period is set through SQLSetStmtOption, SQL_QUERY_TIMEOUT.
SQLExecute can return any SQLSTATE that can be returned by SQLPrepare based on when the data source evaluates the SQL statement associated with the hstmt.
Comments

SQLExecute executes a single statement prepared by SQLPrepare. Once the application processes or discards the results from a call to SQLExecute, the spplication can call SQLExecute again with new parameter values.

To execute a SELECT statement more than once, the application must call SQLFreeStmt with the SQL_CLOSE parameter before reissuing the SELECT statement.

If the data source is in a manual-commit mode (requiring explicit transaction initiation), and a transaction has not already been initiated, the driver initiates a transaction before it sends the SQL statement.

If an application uses SQLPrepare to prepare and SQLExecute to submit a COMMIT or ROLLBACK statement, it will not be interoperable between DBMS products. To commit or roll back a transaction, call SQLTransact.

If SQLExecute enounters a data-at-execution parameter, it returns SQL_NEED_DATA. The application sends the data using SQLParamData and SQLPutData. See SQLBindParameter, SQLParamOptions, SQLParamData and SQLPutData for more information.

Code Example

See SQLBindParameter, SQLParamOptions, SQLPutData and SQLSetPos.

Related Functions
For information about

See

Assigning storage for a column result setSQLBindCol
Canceling statement processingSQLCancel
Executing an SQL statementSQLExecDirect
Fetching a block of data or scrolling through a result setSQLExtendedFetch
Fetching a row of dataSQLFetch
Freeing a statement handleSQLFreeStmt
Returning a cursor nameSQLGetCursorName
Fetching part or all of a column of dataSQLGetData (extension)
Returning the next parameter to send data forSQLParamData (extension)
Preparing a statement for executionSQLPrepare
Sending parameter data at execution timeSQLPutData (extension)
Setting a cursor nameSQLSetCursorName
Setting a statement optionSQLSetStmtOption
Executing a commit or rollback operationSQLTransact

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