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# ifx_prepare

ifx_prepare -- Prepare an SQL-statement for execution

## Description

`int ifx_prepare`(string query, int conn_id, int [cursor_def], mixed blobidarray);

Returns a integer `result_id` for use by ifx_do(). Sets `affected_rows` for retrieval by the ifx_affected_rows() function.

Prepares `query` on connection `conn_id`. For "select-type" queries a cursor is declared and opened. The optional `cursor_type` parameter allows you to make this a "scroll" and/or "hold" cursor. It's a mask and can be either IFX_SCROLL, IFX_HOLD, or both or'ed together.

For either query type the estimated number of affected rows is saved for retrieval by ifx_affected_rows().

If you have BLOB (BYTE or TEXT) columns in the query, you can add a `blobidarray` parameter containing the corresponding "blob ids", and you should replace those columns with a "?" in the query text.

If the contents of the TEXT (or BYTE) column allow it, you can also use "ifx_textasvarchar(1)" and "ifx_byteasvarchar(1)". This allows you to treat TEXT (or BYTE) columns just as if they were ordinary (but long) VARCHAR columns for select queries, and you don't need to bother with blob id's.

With ifx_textasvarchar(0) or ifx_byteasvarchar(0) (the default situation), select queries will return BLOB columns as blob id's (integer value). You can get the value of the blob as a string or file with the blob functions (see below).

See also: ifx_do().

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