SQL Procedure

EXECUTE Statement

Sends a DBMS-specific SQL statement to a DBMS that a SAS/ACCESS interface supports.

Requirement:	SAS/ACCESS software is required. For more information about this statement, see your SAS/ACCESS documentation.
See:	Connecting to a DBMS by Using the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility
See:	SQL documentation for your DBMS

Syntax

EXECUTE (dbms-SQL-statement)
BY dbms-name|alias;

Required Arguments

alias

specifies an optional alias that is defined in the CONNECT statement. Note that alias must be preceded by the keyword BY.

dbms-name

identifies the DBMS to which you want to direct the DBMS statement (for example, ORACLE or DB2).

dbms-SQL-statement

is any DBMS-specific SQL statement, except the SELECT statement, which can be executed by the DBMS-specific dynamic SQL. The SQL statement can contain a semicolon. The SQL statement can be case-sensitive, depending on your data source, and it is passed to the data source exactly as you enter it.

Details

If your DBMS supports multiple connections, then you can use the alias that is defined in the CONNECT statement. This alias directs the EXECUTE statements to a specific DBMS connection.
Any return code or message that is generated by the DBMS is available in the macro variables SQLXRC and SQLXMSG after the statement completes.

Example

The following example, after the connection, uses the EXECUTE statement to drop a table, create a table, and insert a row of data.

proc sql;
    execute(drop table ' My Invoice ') by db;
    execute(create table ' My Invoice '(
       ' Invoice Number ' LONG not null,
       ' Billed To '  VARCHAR(20),
       ' Amount '  CURRENCY,
       ' BILLED ON '  DATETIME)) by db;
    execute(insert into  ' My Invoice '
       values( 12345, 'John Doe', 123.45, #11/22/2003#)) by db;
quit;