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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>36.3. Running SQL Commands</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="ecpg-connect.html" title="36.2. Managing Database Connections" /><link rel="next" href="ecpg-variables.html" title="36.4. Using Host Variables" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">36.3. Running SQL Commands</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ecpg-connect.html" title="36.2. Managing Database Connections">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="ecpg.html" title="Chapter 36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 36. <span class="application">ECPG</span> — Embedded <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> in C</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ecpg-variables.html" title="36.4. Using Host Variables">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="ECPG-COMMANDS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">36.3. Running SQL Commands <a href="#ECPG-COMMANDS" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ecpg-commands.html#ECPG-EXECUTING">36.3.1. Executing SQL Statements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ecpg-commands.html#ECPG-CURSORS">36.3.2. Using Cursors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ecpg-commands.html#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS">36.3.3. Managing Transactions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ecpg-commands.html#ECPG-PREPARED">36.3.4. Prepared Statements</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
+ Any SQL command can be run from within an embedded SQL application.
+ Below are some examples of how to do that.
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="ECPG-EXECUTING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">36.3.1. Executing SQL Statements <a href="#ECPG-EXECUTING" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
+ Creating a table:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL CREATE TABLE foo (number integer, ascii char(16));
+EXEC SQL CREATE UNIQUE INDEX num1 ON foo(number);
+EXEC SQL COMMIT;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ Inserting rows:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL INSERT INTO foo (number, ascii) VALUES (9999, 'doodad');
+EXEC SQL COMMIT;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ Deleting rows:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL DELETE FROM foo WHERE number = 9999;
+EXEC SQL COMMIT;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ Updates:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL UPDATE foo
+ SET ascii = 'foobar'
+ WHERE number = 9999;
+EXEC SQL COMMIT;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ <code class="literal">SELECT</code> statements that return a single result
+ row can also be executed using
+ <code class="literal">EXEC SQL</code> directly. To handle result sets with
+ multiple rows, an application has to use a cursor;
+ see <a class="xref" href="ecpg-commands.html#ECPG-CURSORS" title="36.3.2. Using Cursors">Section 36.3.2</a> below. (As a special case, an
+ application can fetch multiple rows at once into an array host
+ variable; see <a class="xref" href="ecpg-variables.html#ECPG-VARIABLES-ARRAYS" title="36.4.4.3.1. Arrays">Section 36.4.4.3.1</a>.)
+ </p><p>
+ Single-row select:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL SELECT foo INTO :FooBar FROM table1 WHERE ascii = 'doodad';
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ Also, a configuration parameter can be retrieved with the
+ <code class="literal">SHOW</code> command:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL SHOW search_path INTO :var;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ The tokens of the form
+ <code class="literal">:<em class="replaceable"><code>something</code></em></code> are
+ <em class="firstterm">host variables</em>, that is, they refer to
+ variables in the C program. They are explained in <a class="xref" href="ecpg-variables.html" title="36.4. Using Host Variables">Section 36.4</a>.
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ECPG-CURSORS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">36.3.2. Using Cursors <a href="#ECPG-CURSORS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
+ To retrieve a result set holding multiple rows, an application has
+ to declare a cursor and fetch each row from the cursor. The steps
+ to use a cursor are the following: declare a cursor, open it, fetch
+ a row from the cursor, repeat, and finally close it.
+ </p><p>
+ Select using cursors:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL DECLARE foo_bar CURSOR FOR
+ SELECT number, ascii FROM foo
+ ORDER BY ascii;
+EXEC SQL OPEN foo_bar;
+EXEC SQL FETCH foo_bar INTO :FooBar, DooDad;
+...
+EXEC SQL CLOSE foo_bar;
+EXEC SQL COMMIT;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ For more details about declaring a cursor, see <a class="xref" href="ecpg-sql-declare.html" title="DECLARE">DECLARE</a>; for more details about fetching rows from a
+ cursor, see <a class="xref" href="sql-fetch.html" title="FETCH"><span class="refentrytitle">FETCH</span></a>.
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ The ECPG <code class="command">DECLARE</code> command does not actually
+ cause a statement to be sent to the PostgreSQL backend. The
+ cursor is opened in the backend (using the
+ backend's <code class="command">DECLARE</code> command) at the point when
+ the <code class="command">OPEN</code> command is executed.
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect2" id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">36.3.3. Managing Transactions <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
+ In the default mode, statements are committed only when
+ <code class="command">EXEC SQL COMMIT</code> is issued. The embedded SQL
+ interface also supports autocommit of transactions (similar to
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s default behavior) via the <code class="option">-t</code>
+ command-line option to <code class="command">ecpg</code> (see <a class="xref" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">ecpg</span></span></a>) or via the <code class="literal">EXEC SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO
+ ON</code> statement. In autocommit mode, each command is
+ automatically committed unless it is inside an explicit transaction
+ block. This mode can be explicitly turned off using <code class="literal">EXEC
+ SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO OFF</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ The following transaction management commands are available:
+
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-COMMIT"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL COMMIT</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-COMMIT" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Commit an in-progress transaction.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-ROLLBACK"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL ROLLBACK</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-ROLLBACK" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Roll back an in-progress transaction.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-PREPARE-TRANSACTION"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL PREPARE TRANSACTION </code><em class="replaceable"><code>transaction_id</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-PREPARE-TRANSACTION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Prepare the current transaction for two-phase commit.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-COMMIT-PREPARED"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL COMMIT PREPARED </code><em class="replaceable"><code>transaction_id</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-COMMIT-PREPARED" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Commit a transaction that is in prepared state.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-ROLLBACK-PREPARED"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL ROLLBACK PREPARED </code><em class="replaceable"><code>transaction_id</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-ROLLBACK-PREPARED" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Roll back a transaction that is in prepared state.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-AUTOCOMMIT-ON"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO ON</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-AUTOCOMMIT-ON" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Enable autocommit mode.
+ </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-AUTOCOMMIT-OFF"><span class="term"><code class="literal">EXEC SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO OFF</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-TRANSACTIONS-EXEC-SQL-AUTOCOMMIT-OFF" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
+ Disable autocommit mode. This is the default.
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ECPG-PREPARED"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">36.3.4. Prepared Statements <a href="#ECPG-PREPARED" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
+ When the values to be passed to an SQL statement are not known at
+ compile time, or the same statement is going to be used many
+ times, then prepared statements can be useful.
+ </p><p>
+ The statement is prepared using the
+ command <code class="literal">PREPARE</code>. For the values that are not
+ known yet, use the
+ placeholder <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">?</code></span>”</span>:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL PREPARE stmt1 FROM "SELECT oid, datname FROM pg_database WHERE oid = ?";
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ If a statement returns a single row, the application can
+ call <code class="literal">EXECUTE</code> after
+ <code class="literal">PREPARE</code> to execute the statement, supplying the
+ actual values for the placeholders with a <code class="literal">USING</code>
+ clause:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL EXECUTE stmt1 INTO :dboid, :dbname USING 1;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ If a statement returns multiple rows, the application can use a
+ cursor declared based on the prepared statement. To bind input
+ parameters, the cursor must be opened with
+ a <code class="literal">USING</code> clause:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL PREPARE stmt1 FROM "SELECT oid,datname FROM pg_database WHERE oid &gt; ?";
+EXEC SQL DECLARE foo_bar CURSOR FOR stmt1;
+
+/* when end of result set reached, break out of while loop */
+EXEC SQL WHENEVER NOT FOUND DO BREAK;
+
+EXEC SQL OPEN foo_bar USING 100;
+...
+while (1)
+{
+ EXEC SQL FETCH NEXT FROM foo_bar INTO :dboid, :dbname;
+ ...
+}
+EXEC SQL CLOSE foo_bar;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ When you don't need the prepared statement anymore, you should
+ deallocate it:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+EXEC SQL DEALLOCATE PREPARE <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>;
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ For more details about <code class="literal">PREPARE</code>,
+ see <a class="xref" href="ecpg-sql-prepare.html" title="PREPARE">PREPARE</a>. Also
+ see <a class="xref" href="ecpg-dynamic.html" title="36.5. Dynamic SQL">Section 36.5</a> for more details about using
+ placeholders and input parameters.
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ecpg-connect.html" title="36.2. Managing Database Connections">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ecpg.html" title="Chapter 36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ecpg-variables.html" title="36.4. Using Host Variables">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">36.2. Managing Database Connections </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 36.4. Using Host Variables</td></tr></table></div></body></html> \ No newline at end of file