dbQueryBindValue#

Purpose#

Set the placeholder, placeholder, to be bound to value, val, in the prepared statement. Note that the placeholder mark (e.g :) must be included when specifying the placeholder name.

Format#

dbQueryBindValue(qid, placeholder, val)#

Parameters:

qid (scalar) – query number.
placeholder (matrix or string) – Oracle style (:value_name) or index of ODBC style (?) placeholder.
val (matrix or string) – the value to be bound.

Examples#

// Adds "MYSQL"" to the list of database connections
db_id = dbAddDatabase("MYSQL");

// Prepare a query
qid = dbCreateQuery(db_id);
dbQueryPrepare(qid, "SELECT * FROM
     PEOPLE WHERE FIRST = :fname AND
     LAST = :lname");

// Set `:fname` placeholder
dbQueryBindValue(qid, ":fname", "John");

// Set `:lname` placeholder
dbQueryBindValue(qid, ":lname", "Doe");

// Prepare the SQL query for execution
dbQueryExecPrepared(qid);

Remarks#

Values cannot be bound to multiple locations in the query.