NAME

       DB::prepare - Prepare a database query

SYNOPSIS

       DBStatement<a> prepare( DBHandle<a>  con, String query )

ARGUMENTS

       con The database connection

       query  The query template. This may contain replacement characters at some places (consult
       the manual for the specific database to find out what replacement syntax should  be  used)
       which will be replaced with variables in the DB.execPrepared (3kaya) function.

DESCRIPTION

       Prepare  a database query. Prepared queries can then be executed later, using a parameter-
       replacement method that generally avoids SQL injection attacks.

    st = prepare(con,"SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = $1");

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       DB.DBStatement (3kaya)
       DB.execPrepared (3kaya)