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 USING Clause 

Use the USING clause for dynamic SQL statements with parameters to assign values to the parameters in EXECUTE or OPEN CURSOR statements.

Prerequisites

·        You have used the PREPARE statement to prepare the SQL statement for execution.

·        If you are using a descriptor, you have initialized it with the DESCRIBE statement.

Syntax

<using_clause> ::=
  USING <parameter_list>
| USING DESCRIPTOR [<descriptor_name>]
| INTO <parameter_list>
| INTO DESCRIPTOR [<descriptor_name>]

·        If you do not specify <descriptor_name>, the standard structure sqlda is used.

·        Here, INTO has the same meaning as specifying USING. It guarantees compatibility with other database systems.

 

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