The -p option controls whether each statement has a persistent command structure—one that persists for all executions of a particular statement. Only statements with a persistent command structure can have persistent bindings for host variables. Thus, the -p option controls binding of host input variables, whose values are passed to Adaptive Server. (In this chapter, information about “host input variables” also applies to other variables whose values are passed to Adaptive Server. Exceptions are noted in the text.)
