4D Doc Center : EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

4D v13.4

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE



	EXECUTE IMMEDIATE <<sql_name>> \| <<$sql_name>> \| :sql_name \| :$sql_name

Description

The EXECUTE IMMEDIATE command is used to execute a dynamic SQL statement. The sql_name passed represents a variable containing a set of SQL statements that will be executed as a whole.

Notes:

This command cannot be used within a connection to an external data source (SQL pass-through) established using the USE EXTERNAL DATABASE 4D command.
In compiled mode, it is not possible to use local 4D variables (beginning with the $ character) in the query string passed to the EXECUTE IMMEDIATE command.

Example

This example recovers the number of movies in the database that were released in 1960 or more recently:

 C_LONGINT(NumMovies)

 C_TEXT(tQueryTxt)

 NumMovies:=0

 

 tQueryTxt:="SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MOVIES WHERE Year_of_Movie >= 1960 INTO :NumMovies;"

 Begin SQL

    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :tQueryTxt;

 End SQL

 

 ALERT("The Video Library contains "+String(NumMovies)+" movies more recent or equal to 1960")