| title |
Ordinary Arguments |
| description |
Ordinary Arguments |
| author |
David-Engel |
| ms.author |
davidengel |
| ms.date |
01/19/2017 |
| ms.service |
sql |
| ms.subservice |
connectivity |
| ms.topic |
concept-article |
| helpviewer_keywords |
arguments in catalog functions [ODBC], ordinary |
catalog functions [ODBC], arguments |
ordinary arguments [ODBC] |
|
When a catalog function string argument is an ordinary argument, it is treated as a literal string. An ordinary argument accepts neither a string search pattern nor a list of values. The case of an ordinary argument is significant, and quote characters in the string are taken literally. These arguments are treated as ordinary arguments if the SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID statement attribute is set to SQL_FALSE; they are treated as identifier arguments instead if this attribute is set to SQL_TRUE.
If an ordinary argument is set to a null pointer and the argument is a required argument, the function returns SQL_ERROR and SQLSTATE HY009 (Invalid use of null pointer). If an ordinary argument is set to a null pointer and the argument is not a required argument, the argument's behavior is driver-dependent. The required arguments are listed in the following table.
| Function |
Required arguments |
| SQLColumnPrivileges |
TableName |
| SQLForeignKeys |
PKTableName, FKTableName |
| SQLPrimaryKeys |
TableName |
| SQLSpecialColumns |
TableName |
| SQLStatistics |
TableName |