Name
Connection.Execute Method — (Versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5, 2.6)
Synopsis
connection.ExecuteCommandText, RecordsAffected, OptionsSet recordset = connection.Execute(CommandText, RecordsAffected, Options)
The Execute method is used to execute a specified SQL statement, query, stored procedure, URL, or provider-specific command against the data source.
Arguments
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CommandText(String) Optional. Contains the SQL statement, query, stored procedure, URL, or provider-specific command to be executed. The parameter is similar to the Command.CommandText property.
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RecordsAffected(Long) Optional. Contains the number of records that the executed command affected.
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Options(Long) Optional. Represents a combination of one or more CommandTypeEnum and ExecuteOptionEnum values indicating how the data provider should treat the command. The default value is -1 (no options set).
The CommandTypeEnum and ExecuteOptionEnum enumeration values are listed in Appendix E.
Returns
RecordsetObject
Description
The Execute method executes the command specified by the CommandText parameter, which in turn is evaluated based upon the Options parameter. When the execution of the command is complete, the Connection.ExecuteComplete event is raised.
If the execution of the command returns records, a new Recordset object is returned from the Execute method. If the execution of the command does not return records, an empty Recordset object is returned from the Execute method. Regardless, the Recordset returned is always read-only with ...
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