ibase_execute Execute a previously prepared query resourceibase_execute resourcequery intbind_args Execute a query prepared by ibase_prepare. 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 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. 'Eric', 5 => 'Filip', 7 => 'Larry' ); $query = ibase_prepare("UPDATE FOO SET BAR = ? WHERE BAZ = ?"); while (list($baz, $bar) = each($updates)) { ibase_execute($query, $bar, $baz); } ?> ]]> In PHP 5.0.0 and up, 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 (eg. an UPDATE of a non-existent record) will return &true;. See also ibase_query.