execute sql

Description

Execute an SQL command against the database currently in use.

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Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cell, standard ASCII only.

Applicable Controls

This action is applicable to the following controls: none.

Example - Case 1: Running an SQL command to get a single result

The following example retrieves the CName field from the CTable table of the CustDB database for a CID of 102 , then checks the returned value against the expected value, Roberto Dylando.

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Example - Case 2: Running an SQL command to get multiple results

In this example, the execute sql action is used to execute a stored procedure, rather than a direct SQL query. The stored procedure then executes two SQL queries, returning two result tables, each of which is capture to a data set. The contents of the data sets are then written out to two text files.

The stored procedure looks like this:

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The resulting text files appear as follows:

July_shipments.txt

1998_Beverage_sales.txt

Related concepts

Testing with databases


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