Issuing Commands to the Underlying Data Provider

Any command that does not begin with SHAPE is passed through to the data provider. This is equivalent to issuing a shape command in the form "SHAPE {provider command}". These commands do not have to produce a Recordset. For instance, "SHAPE {DROP TABLE MyTable} is a perfectly valid shape command, assuming the data provider supports DROP TABLE.

This capability allows both normal provider commands and shape commands to share the same connection and transaction.

See Also

Data Shaping Example
Formal Shape Grammar
Shape Commands in General