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>   In many cases, the particular SQL statements that an application
   has to execute are known at the time the application is written.
   In some cases, however, the SQL statements are composed at run time
   or provided by an external source.  In these cases you cannot embed
   the SQL statements directly into the C source code, but there is a
   facility that allows you to call arbitrary SQL statements that you
   provide in a string variable.
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>   The simplest way to execute an arbitrary SQL statement is to use
   the command <TT
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>EXECUTE IMMEDIATE</TT
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>EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
const char *stmt = "CREATE TABLE test1 (...);";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

EXEC SQL EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :stmt;</PRE
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   You cannot execute statements that retrieve data (e.g.,
   <TT
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>   A more powerful way to execute arbitrary SQL statements is to
   prepare them once and execute the prepared statement as often as
   you like.  It is also possible to prepare a generalized version of
   a statement and then execute specific versions of it by
   substituting parameters.  When preparing the statement, write
   question marks where you want to substitute parameters later.  For
   example:
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>EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
const char *stmt = "INSERT INTO test1 VALUES(?, ?);";
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

EXEC SQL PREPARE mystmt FROM :stmt;
 ...
EXEC SQL EXECUTE mystmt USING 42, 'foobar';</PRE
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   If the statement you are executing returns values, then add an
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const char *stmt = "SELECT a, b, c FROM test1 WHERE a &#62; ?";
int v1, v2;
VARCHAR v3;
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

EXEC SQL PREPARE mystmt FROM :stmt;
 ...
EXEC SQL EXECUTE mystmt INTO v1, v2, v3 USING 37;</PRE
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   both, or neither.
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>   When you don't need the prepared statement anymore, you should
   deallocate it:
</P><PRE
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>EXEC SQL DEALLOCATE PREPARE <TT
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