DbQuery

Available only in MTA SA 1.1.1 r3328 and onwards This function starts a database query using the supplied connection. Use the returned query handle with dbPoll to get the result, or dbFree if you don't want the result.

Syntax

handle dbQuery ( element databaseConnection, string query [, var param1 [, var param2 ...]] )

Required Arguments

• databaseConnection: An database connection element previously returned from dbConnect
• query: An SQL query. Positions where parameter values will be inserted are marked with a "?".

Optional Arguments

• paramX: A variable number of parameters. These must be strings or numbers - it is important to make sure they are of the correct type. Also, the number of parameters passed must be equal to the number of "?" characters in the query string.

String parameters are automatically escaped as required

Returns

Returns a query handle unless the connection is incorrect, in which case it return false.

Example

This example starts an INSERT query

local qh = dbQuery ( connection, "INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (?,?,?)", "aaa", "bbb", 10 )

Requirements

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See Also

• executeSQLQuery
• dbConnect
• dbExec
• dbFree
• dbPoll
• dbPrepareString
• dbQuery