16 The SQL Package

query

Function

Summary

Queries a database and returns a list of values.

Package

sql

Signature

query sql-exp &key database => result-list

Arguments

sql-exp: An SQL query statement to be performed.
database: A database.

Values

result-list: A list of values.

Description

The functionquery is the basic SQL query function. It queries the database specified by database with an SQL query statement given by query-expression and returns a list of values as per select. The argument database defaults to*default-database*.