Allocate a handle for the statement using SQLAllocHandle.

For example, the following statement allocates a handle of type SQL_HANDLE_STMT with name stmt, on a connection with handle dbc:

SQLAllocHandle( SQL_HANDLE_STMT, dbc, &stmt );

Bind parameters for the statement using SQLBindParameter.

For example, the following lines declare variables to hold the values for the department ID, department name, and manager ID, and for the statement string. They then bind parameters to the first, second, and third parameters of a statement executed using the stmt statement handle.

#defined DEPT_NAME_LEN 40
SQLLEN cbDeptID = 0, cbDeptName = SQL_NTS, cbManagerID = 0;
SQLSMALLINT deptID, managerID;
SQLCHAR deptName[ DEPT_NAME_LEN + 1 ];

SQLCHAR insertstmt[ STMT_LEN ] =
  "INSERT INTO Departments "
  "( DepartmentID, DepartmentName, DepartmentHeadID ) "
  "VALUES (?, ?, ?)"; 

SQLBindParameter( stmt, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
    SQL_C_SSHORT, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0,
    &deptID, 0, &cbDeptID );
SQLBindParameter( stmt, 2, SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
    SQL_C_CHAR, SQL_CHAR, DEPT_NAME_LEN, 0,
    deptName, 0,&cbDeptName );
SQLBindParameter( stmt, 3, SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
    SQL_C_SSHORT, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0,
    &managerID, 0, &cbManagerID );

Assign values to the parameters.

For example, the following lines assign values to the parameters for the fragment of step 2.

deptID = 201;
strcpy( (char * ) deptName, "Sales East" );
managerID = 902;

Commonly, these variables would be set in response to user action.

Execute the statement using SQLExecDirect.

For example, the following line executes the statement string held in insertstmt on the statement handle stmt.

SQLExecDirect( stmt, insertstmt, SQL_NTS );