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# ExecSQLStatementSource

## Declaration

`function ExecSQLStatementSource(const aSQL: string; aDBIndex : integer): boolean;`

### Example

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
begin
  Value := ExecSQLStatementSource('update dr_accs set name='cam' where accno=1',0);
end;
```

## Description

Executes aSQL query against the database and returns True or False regarding the success of the query. This is commonly used with SQL statements that do not return a dataset eg Insert or Update

The SQL query is executed against a DB Connection on the Source of the map. aDBIndex indicates which of the DB Connections is used based on its zero based index.