UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

EXECUTE
Syntax
EXECUTE "str.expr" [[ASYNC | SYNC] ON connection [ON ERROR
statements]] [PASSLIST list.num.expr] [RTNLIST list.num.expr]
[CAPTURING dyn.array.var] [RETURNING dyn.array.var] [PASSCOM]
Synonym
PERFORM
Description
The UniBasic EXECUTE command executes an ECL or UniData SQL command
from within a UniBasic program.
You can execute multiple commands with a single EXECUTE statement by
separating each command by attribute marks. When the EXECUTE statement
executes, UniData separates each command and executes them in order.
Note: The settings of UDT.OPTIONS affect the way ECL commands execute. For
information about these options, see the UDT.OPTIONS Commands Reference. For
information about UDT.OPTIONS that could affect that command, see the
appropriate ECL command in the UniData Commands Reference.
Reminder: When you compile EXECUTE and PERFORM in BASICTYPE P, a
different parser is used. The P-type parser scans a file of commands that are defined
in the Spectrum-SMA standards or in the McDonnell Douglas REALITY ® operating
system. If the command is found in this file, it is parsed using the P-type parser. If the
command is not found in the REALITY file, it is parsed as if the program had been
compiled with BASICTYPE U. Because all REALITY commands are uppercase, using
lowercase commands will always result in the use of the standard UniData parser.
If you want to execute a standard UniData, UniQuery, or ECL command from within
a program compiled with BASICTYPE P, use the UniBasic command
UDTEXECUTE.
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