BDE Function Reference > Query functions

Each Borland Database Engine (BDE) function listed below performs a query task.

Function	Description
DbiGetProp	Returns a property of an object.
DbiQAlloc	Allocates a new statement handle for a prepared query.
DbiQExec	Executes the previously prepared query identified by the supplied statement handle and returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQExecDirect	Executes a SQL or QBE query and returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQExecProcDirect	Executes a stored procedure and returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQFree	Frees the resources associated with a previously prepared query identified by the supplied statement handle.
DbiQGetBaseDescs	Returns the original database, table, and field names of the fields that make up the result set of a query.
DbiQInstantiateAnswer	Creates a permanent table from the cursor to the result set.
DbiQPrepare	Prepares a SQL or QBE query for execution, and returns a handle to a statement containing the prepared query.
DbiQPrepareProc	Prepares and optionally binds parameters for a stored procedure.
DbiQSetParams	Associates data with parameter markers embedded within a prepared query.
DbiQSetProcParams	Binds parameters for a stored procedure prepared with DbiQPrepareProc.
DbiSetProp	Sets the specified property of an object to a given value.
DbiValidateProp	Validates a property.