ibase_execute Execute a previously prepared query &reftitle.description; resourceibase_execute resourcequery mixed... Execute a query prepared by ibase_prepare. This is a lot more effective than using ibase_query if you are repeating a same kind of query several times with only some parameters changing. &reftitle.parameters; query An InterBase query prepared by ibase_prepare. ... &reftitle.returnvalues; If the query raises an error, returns &false;. If it is successful and there is a (possibly empty) result set (such as with a SELECT query), returns a result identifier. If the query was successful and there were no results, returns &true;. This function returns the number of rows affected by the query (if > 0 and applicable to the statement type). A query that succeeded, but did not affect any rows (e.g. an UPDATE of a non-existent record) will return &true;. &reftitle.examples; 'Eric', 5 => 'Filip', 7 => 'Larry' ); $query = ibase_prepare($dbh, "UPDATE FOO SET BAR = ? WHERE BAZ = ?"); foreach ($updates as $baz => $bar) { ibase_execute($query, $bar, $baz); } ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso; ibase_query