ODBC Driver for Linear

Build 26.0.9776

Modifying Data

The following code examples show how to use data modification statements.

Procedure for Updates

Use SQLExecDirect to execute data manipulation statements and use the SQLRowCount function to obtain the affected rows.

INSERT

To insert updates:

SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv); 
SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void*)SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0); 
SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc); 
SQLDriverConnect(hdbc, 0, (SQLCHAR*)"Dsn=CData Linear Source;", SQL_NTS, 0, 0, 0, 0);
SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"INSERT INTO Issue (description) VALUES ('Jon Doe')", SQL_NTS);  
SQLINTEGER  rowCount = 0;
SQLRowCount(hstmt, &rowCount);

UPDATE

To retrieve updates:

SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv); 
SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void*)SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0); 
SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc); 
SQLDriverConnect(hdbc, 0, (SQLCHAR*)"Dsn=CData Linear Source;", SQL_NTS, 0, 0, 0, 0);
SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"UPDATE Issue SET description='Jon Doe' WHERE priority='1')", SQL_NTS);  
SQLINTEGER  rowCount = 0;
SQLRowCount(hstmt, &rowCount); 

DELETE

To delete updates:

SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv); 
SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void*)SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0); 
SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc); 
SQLDriverConnect(hdbc, 0, (SQLCHAR*)"Dsn=CData Linear Source;", SQL_NTS, 0, 0, 0, 0);
SQLExecDirect(hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"DELETE FROM Issue WHERE Id='fe9dfaf7-bbf7-4e34-abf8-4608880a9674')", SQL_NTS);  
SQLINTEGER  rowCount = 0;
SQLRowCount(hstmt, &rowCount); 

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