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SQLite: Binding parameters in an insert statement

This example shows how sqlite3_prepare, sqlite3_bind_double, sqlite3_bind_int, sqlite3_bind_text, sqlite3_bind_null, sqlite3_step and sqlite3_reset are used to bind parameters (wildcards) in SQL statements.
The idea of binding parameters is that a statement has only to be parsed once (using sqlite3_prepare) and can be used multiple times (using sqlite3_step). The sqlite3_bind_* calls are used to pass the values for the statement.
A statement must be reset (sqlite3_reset) when it has been executed through sqlite3_step.
bind_insert.c
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "sqlite3.h"

sqlite3* db;

int first_row;

int select_callback(void *p_data, int num_fields, char **p_fields, char **p_col_names) {

  int i;

  int* nof_records = (int*) p_data;
  (*nof_records)++;

  if (first_row) {
    first_row = 0;

    for (i=0; i < num_fields; i++) {
      printf("%20s", p_col_names[i]);
    }

    printf("\n");
    for (i=0; i< num_fields*20; i++) {
      printf("=");
    }
    printf("\n");
  }

  for(i=0; i < num_fields; i++) {
    if (p_fields[i]) {
      printf("%20s", p_fields[i]);
    }
    else {
      printf("%20s", " ");
    }
  }

  printf("\n");
  return 0;
}

void select_stmt(const char* stmt) {
  char *errmsg;
  int   ret;
  int   nrecs = 0;

  first_row = 1;

  ret = sqlite3_exec(db, stmt, select_callback, &nrecs, &errmsg);

  if(ret!=SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("Error in select statement %s [%s].\n", stmt, errmsg);
  }
  else {
    printf("\n   %d records returned.\n", nrecs);
  }
}

void sql_stmt(const char* stmt) {
  char *errmsg;
  int   ret;

  ret = sqlite3_exec(db, stmt, 0, 0, &errmsg);

  if(ret != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("Error in statement: %s [%s].\n", stmt, errmsg);
  }
}

int main() {
  sqlite3_open("./bind_insert.db", &db);

  if(db == 0) {
    printf("\nCould not open database.");
    return 1;
  }

  sql_stmt("create table foo (bar, baz)");

  sqlite3_stmt *stmt;

  if ( sqlite3_prepare(
         db, 
         "insert into foo values (?,?)",  // stmt
        -1, // If than zero, then stmt is read up to the first nul terminator
        &stmt,
         0  // Pointer to unused portion of stmt
       )
       != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("\nCould not prepare statement.");
    return 1;
  }

  printf("\nThe statement has %d wildcards\n", sqlite3_bind_parameter_count(stmt));

  if (sqlite3_bind_double(
        stmt,
        1,  // Index of wildcard
        4.2
        )
      != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("\nCould not bind double.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  if (sqlite3_bind_int(
        stmt,
        2,  // Index of wildcard
        42
        )
      != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("\nCould not bind int.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_DONE) {
    printf("\nCould not step (execute) stmt.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  sqlite3_reset(stmt);

  if (sqlite3_bind_null(
        stmt,
        1  // Index of wildcard
        )
      != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("\nCould not bind double.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  if (sqlite3_bind_text (
        stmt,
        2,  // Index of wildcard
        "hello",
        5,  // length of text
        SQLITE_STATIC
        )
      != SQLITE_OK) {
    printf("\nCould not bind int.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_DONE) {
    printf("\nCould not step (execute) stmt.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  printf("\n");
  select_stmt("select * from foo");

  sqlite3_close(db);
  return 0;
}