FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > Now, what to do when what you really want is equivalent to "INSERT t
> > values( N'string' )"?  I assume it's still SQL_[VAR]CHAR, but I won't
> > know for sure until either Frediano explains or I figure out how
> > sp_execute works.  
> > 
> 
> sp_execute is a special store procedure witch is embedded in sql server
> and support variable parameters... let's say it's like a printf instead
> of a strcpy. You specify parameters you pass followed by parameters and
> server execute the query.

It would help me if we could document this and other undocumented stored
procedures.  For example, I don't know how/if sp_prepare returns a handle
that can be used by sp_execute. 

If you could get some rough documentation in place, I'll polish it. 
tds.html seems like a logical place to put it.  

Regards, 

--jkl