Each function listed below performs a query task, such as preparing and executing a SQL or QBE query.

DbiGetProp:
Returns a property of an object.
DbiQAlloc:
Allocates a new statement handle for a prepared query.
DbiQExec:
Executes the previously prepared query identified by the supplied statement handle and
returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQExecDirect:
Executes a SQL or QBE query and returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQExecProcDirect:
Executes a stored procedure and returns a cursor to the result set, if one is generated.
DbiQFree:
Frees the resources associated with a previously prepared query identified by the supplied
statement handle.
DbiQGetBaseDescs:
Returns the original database, table, and field names of the fields that make up the result
set of a query.
DbiQInstantiateAnswer:
Creates a permanent table from the cursor to the result set.
DbiQPrepare:
Prepares a SQL or QBE query for execution, and returns a handle to a statement containing
the prepared query.
DbiQPrepareProc:
Prepares and optionally binds parameters for a stored procedure.
DbiQSetParams:
Associates data with parameter markers embedded within a prepared query.
DbiQSetProcParams:
Binds parameters for a stored procedure prepared with DbiQPrepareProc.
DbiSetProp:
Sets the specified property of an object to a given value.
DbiValidateProp:
Validates a property.
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