# odbc_exec

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

odbc_exec — Prepare and execute a SQL statement

### Description

resource odbc_exec ( resource `$connection_id` , string `$query_string` [, int `$flags` ] )

Returns `FALSE` on error. Returns an ODBC result identifier if the SQL command was executed successfully.

odbc_exec() will send an SQL statement to the database server specified by `connection_id` . This parameter must be a valid identifier returned by odbc_connect() or odbc_pconnect().

See also: odbc_prepare() and odbc_execute() for multiple execution of SQL statements.