Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the database server in order to optimize the next executions of this query. This query is not run. Then, the query can be run with
<Fichier HFSQL>.ExécuteRequêteSQL. This function is available for queries with or without bind.
We recommend that you use this function when the same query is run successively and when only some of the query parameters are modified at each execution.
This function is optional and it can only be used on the Client/Server databases (available for Oracle, Oracle Lite, Sybase and SQL Server). In SQL Server, the Native Connector via SQLnCli may be required.
For the other databases accessed by a Native Connector, OLEDB or ODBC, <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery runs the query.
This function cannot be used on the HFSQL databases (HFSQL Classic or Client/Server) and on the xBase databases.
Remark: From version 19, HFSQL is the new name of HyperFileSQL.
// Run the same query in Oracle
// Declare a data source
// This data source corresponds to the query
Insert1 is Data Source
i is int
// Declare one of the query parameters
// This parameter is an integer
Insert1.age = 0
// Prepare the query for multiple executions
Insert1.PrepareSQLQuery(DatabaseConnection, ...
hQueryWithoutCorrection, "INSERT INTO PERSON VALUES (:lastname,:firstname,:age)")
// Loop for running the query
// Only some parameters are modified
FOR i = 1 TO 10
Insert1.lastname = "LastName" + i
Insert1.firstname = "FirstName" + i
Insert1.age = i
Insert1.ExecuteSQLQuery()
END
Syntax
<Result> = <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery(<Connection> , <Mode> , <Text of SQL query>)
<Result>: Boolean
- True if no problem occurred,
- False otherwise. HErrorInfo returns more details about the problem.
<Source>: Data source
Name of the Data Source variable that corresponds to the request to initialize.
<Connection>: Character string
Name of connection used to run the query. This connection corresponds to: <Result> is set to False if this parameter does not correspond to an existing connection.
<Mode>: Integer constant
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| hQueryWithoutCorrection | Native Connector only: No check is performed by the HFSQL engine on the query text. |
<Text of SQL query>: Character string (with quotes)
Text of SQL query to run.
Remarks
When to use <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery?
In some cases, it may be interesting to run the same query several times while modifying one or more variables. For example, you may want to run an Insert query several times to add several records into a file.
Several solutions can be implemented:
- Run the query directly (with <Fichier HFSQL>.ExécuteRequêteSQL) as many times as necessary while modifying the requested variables.
- Prepare the query to run (<Source>.PrepareSQLQuery) as well as the different variables to modify and run the query as many times as necessary with <Fichier HFSQL>.ExécuteRequêteSQL. This second solution is much faster and it optimizes the time taken to browse the result of a query (for a Select query).
How to use <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery?
To prepare and run a query several times, you must:
- Declare a data source. This data source will contain the result of SQL query.
- Declare the different variables of the query.
The variables are string variables by default. Their type can be specified by using ..Type on the variable. - Prepare the query with <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery.
- Specify the value of the different parameters to take into account and run the query with <Fichier HFSQL>.ExécuteRequêteSQL. Only the name of the data source that corresponds to the query must be specified.
This last step must be repeated as many times as necessary.
Remarks:
- <Source>.PrepareSQLQuery must be used with:
- the connection name,
- the hQueryWithoutCorrection constant.
- The declared variables must be identical to the ones used. Otherwise, a WLanguage error occurs.
- In the call to the stored procedure, you must use the syntax specific to the database used, including for the syntax of parameters.
Therefore, for Oracle, the parameters are specified with the :ParamName syntax. Caution: the ":" character must be followed by at least one letter (the syntax:1 is not allowed).
For SQL Server, the parameters are specified via the following notation: @ParamName.
The same parameter can be used several times. In this case, the corresponding variable will be re-used.
Condition on a composite key in an SQL query
To define a condition on a composite key in a SQL query, the conditions must be specified for each component of the key.
Do not attempt to directly assign a value to the composite key (indeed, the composite keys are stored as binary values).
Example: The composite key is made of LASTNAME and FIRSTNAME items (LASTNAMEFIRSTNAME item):
SELECT AFile.AnItem, AFile.AnItem1
FROM AFile
WHERE AFile.LastName = "Clark" AND AFile.FirstName = "Vince"
Limitations
This function is not available when accessing a database via
Remote Access.