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Embedded SQL Commands</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-sql-disconnect.html" title="DISCONNECT">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE"><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>DESCRIBE</h2><p>DESCRIBE — obtain information about a prepared statement or result set</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis"> +DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <em class="replaceable"><code>prepared_name</code></em> USING [ SQL ] DESCRIPTOR <em class="replaceable"><code>descriptor_name</code></em> +DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <em class="replaceable"><code>prepared_name</code></em> INTO [ SQL ] DESCRIPTOR <em class="replaceable"><code>descriptor_name</code></em> +DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <em class="replaceable"><code>prepared_name</code></em> INTO <em class="replaceable"><code>sqlda_name</code></em> +</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.7.5.20.8.3"><h2>Description</h2><p> + <code class="command">DESCRIBE</code> retrieves metadata information about + the result columns contained in a prepared statement, without + actually fetching a row. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.7.5.20.8.4"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-PREPARED-NAME"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>prepared_name</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-PREPARED-NAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + The name of a prepared statement. This can be an SQL + identifier or a host variable. + </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-DESCRIPTOR-NAME"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>descriptor_name</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-DESCRIPTOR-NAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + A descriptor name. It is case sensitive. It can be an SQL + identifier or a host variable. + </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-SQLDA-NAME"><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>sqlda_name</code></em></span> <a href="#ECPG-SQL-DESCRIBE-SQLDA-NAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p> + The name of an SQLDA variable. + </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.7.5.20.8.5"><h2>Examples</h2><pre class="programlisting"> +EXEC SQL ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR mydesc; +EXEC SQL PREPARE stmt1 FROM :sql_stmt; +EXEC SQL DESCRIBE stmt1 INTO SQL DESCRIPTOR mydesc; +EXEC SQL GET DESCRIPTOR mydesc VALUE 1 :charvar = NAME; +EXEC SQL DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR mydesc; +</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.7.5.20.8.6"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p> + <code class="command">DESCRIBE</code> is specified in the SQL standard. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.7.5.20.8.7"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="ecpg-sql-allocate-descriptor.html" title="ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR">ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR</a>, <a class="xref" href="ecpg-sql-get-descriptor.html" title="GET DESCRIPTOR">GET DESCRIPTOR</a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ecpg-sql-declare-statement.html" title="DECLARE STATEMENT">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ecpg-sql-commands.html" title="36.14. 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