<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Prepare and execute an SQL statement</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.odbc-errormsg.html">odbc_errormsg</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.odbc-execute.html">odbc_execute</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.uodbc.html">ODBC Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.odbc-exec" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">odbc_exec</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">odbc_exec</span> — <span class="dc-title">Prepare and execute an SQL statement</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.odbc-exec-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>odbc_exec</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$connection_id</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query_string</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$flags</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Sends an SQL statement to the database server. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.odbc-exec-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection_id</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para">The ODBC connection identifier, see <span class="function"><a href="function.odbc-connect.html" class="function">odbc_connect()</a></span> for details.</p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query_string</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The SQL statement. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> This parameter is currently not used. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.odbc-exec-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns an ODBC result identifier if the SQL command was executed successfully, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.odbc-exec-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.odbc-prepare.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">odbc_prepare()</a> - Prepares a statement for execution</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.odbc-execute.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">odbc_execute()</a> - Execute a prepared statement</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.odbc-errormsg.html">odbc_errormsg</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.odbc-execute.html">odbc_execute</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.uodbc.html">ODBC Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>