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Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell
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Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell

by Paul Raines, Jeff Tranter
March 1999
Intermediate to advanced
456 pages
18h 21m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Group Listing of Commands

Connection and Configuration Commands

database connect

Connect to an ODBC database.

database configure

Configure ODBC datasources.

database datasources

Return a list of ODBC datasources.

database drivers

Return a list of ODBC drivers.

Data Manipulation Commands

In the following commands, database-id is the database identifier for a database connection created using the database connect command:

database-id SQL-clause

Execute an SQL statement.

database-id disconnect

Disconnect from the database.

database-id set

Set connection-specific attributes.

database-id get

Get connection-specific attributes.

database-id commit

Commit current transaction.

database-id rollback

Cancel current transaction.

database-id tables

Return a list of database tables.

database-id columns

Return a list of database columns.

database-id indexes

Return a list of database indexes.

database-id statement

Create a statement object.

Statement Commands

In the following commands, statement-id is a statement identifier created using the database-id statement command:

statement-id run

Execute the statement and return results.

statement-id execute [args]

Execute the statement without returning results.

statement-id fetch [arrayName] [columnNames]

With no parameters, read one row, returning the results or an empty string when there are no more results to be read. With an array name, read the results into an array. Column names can optionally be specified.

statement-id columns

Return a list of statement column attributes.

statement-id ...
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