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EXECUTE PROCEDURE Examples

The following EXECUTE PROCEDURE examples assume the following CREATE PROCEDURE statement has been successfully executed:

EXEC SQL CREATE PROCEDURE p          (i INTEGER NOT NULL,          d DATE,          c VARCHAR(100)) AS ...
  1. The following example uses a host language variable, a null constant, and an empty string.
EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE p     (i=:ivar, d=null, c='')    INTO :retstat;
  1. The following example assumes the c parameter is null and uses a null indicator for the d parameter.
EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE p     (i=:ivar, d=:dvar:ind)    INTO :retstat;
  1. The following example demonstrates the use of the WHENEVER statement for intercepting errors and messages from a database procedure.
EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR GOTO err_exit;EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLMESSAGE CALL SQLPRINT;EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE p INTO :retstat;...err_exit:EXEC SQL INQUIRE_SQL (:errbug = errortext);
  1. The following example demonstrates a dynamically-executed EXECUTE PROCEDURE statement. The example creates and executes the dynamic equivalent of the following statement.
EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE enter_person (age = :i4_var, comment = :c100_var:indicator);

**Dynamic version:**

EXEC SQL INCLUDE sqlda;allocate an SQLDA with 10 elements;sqlda.sqln = 10;sqlda.sqld = 2;/* 20-byte character for procedure name */proc_name = 'enter_person';/* 4-byte integer to put into parameter "age" */sqlda.sqlvar(1).sqltype = int;sqlda.sqlvar(1).sqllen = 4;sqlda.sqlvar(1).sqldata = address(i4_var)sqlda.sqlvar(1).sqlind = null;sqlda.sqlvar(1).sqlname ='age';/* 100-byte nullable character to put into the** parameter "comment" */sqlda.sqlvar(2).sqltype = char;sqlda.sqlvar(2).sqllen = 100;sqlda.sqlvar(2).sqldata = address(c100_var);sqlda.sqlvar(2).sqlind = address(indicator);sqlda.sqlvar(2).sqlname = 'comment';EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE :proc_name    USING DESCRIPTOR sqlda;
  1. Call a database procedure, passing parameters by reference. This enables the procedure to return the number of employees that received bonuses and the total amount of bonuses conferred.
EXEC SQL EXECUTE PROCEDURE grant_bonuses    (ecount = BYREF(:number_processed),      btotal = BYREF(:bonus_total));