EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE — dynamically prepare and execute a statement
Synopsis
EXECUTE IMMEDIATEstring
Description
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
immediately prepares and executes a dynamically specified SQL statement, without retrieving result rows.
Parameters
string
A literal C string or a host variable containing the SQL statement to be executed.
Examples
Here is an example that executes anINSERT
statement usingEXECUTE IMMEDIATE
and a host variable namedcommand
:
sprintf(command, "INSERT INTO test (name, amount, letter) VALUES ('db: ''r1''', 1, 'f')");EXEC SQL EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :command;
Compatibility
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
is specified in the SQL standard.