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# dbCall

> Executes a stored procedure in the database.

export const siteNameShort = "Arc";

Executes a stored procedure in the database.

## Required Parameters

* **driver**: The JDBC driver class name in the cross-platform edition or the ADO.NET provider name in the .NET edition.
* **conn**: The connection string or database URL.
* **sp**: The name of the stored procedure.

## Optional Parameters

* **commandtimeout**: The command timeout, in seconds, for the operation to complete. Zero (0) means no timeout. The default is `60`.
* **paramname#**: The parameter names.
* **paramvalue#**: The parameter values.
* **paramtype#**: The parameter types.
* **fromrow**: The number of rows to skip from the beginning. The default is `0`.
* **maxrows**: The maximum number of rows to return from the database. Set to `-1` (the default) to get all results.
* **querypassthrough**: Pass the query to the operation as-is instead of performing client-side validation and syntax correction.

## Output Attributes

* **db:\\**: Output varies based upon the stored procedure.

## Example

This example executes a stored procedure in a MySQL database using the cross-platform edition of {siteNameShort}.

```xml theme={null}
<arc:set attr="db.driver" value="cdata.jdbc.mysql.MySQLDriver" />
<arc:set attr="db.conn" value="jdbc:cdata:mysql:server=localhost;port=3306;database=sakila;user=root;password=Password123;"/>
<arc:set attr="db.sp" value="film_in_stock"/>
<arc:set attr="db.paramname#1" value="p_film_id"/>
<arc:set attr="db.paramvalue#1" value="3"/>
<arc:set attr="db.paramname#2" value="p_store_id"/>
<arc:set attr="db.paramvalue#2" value="7"/>

<arc:call op="dbCall" in="db" out="results" >
  <!-- optional logging step to see the output of the SP in the application log -->
  <arc:set attr="_log.info" value="RESULTS = [results.*]" />
  <!-- adding the result data from the stored procedure to the file that is being created and pushed out -->
  <arc:set attr="output.data" value="[results.*]" />
  <!-- setting the filename --> 
  <arc:set attr="output.filename" value="storedProcResults.txt" />
</arc:call>

<arc:push item="output" />
```

You can modify the example above to target other databases as long as the driver is installed on the machine where {siteNameShort} is installed and running. Adjusting this example for .NET involves changing the `driver` and `conn` inputs as follows:

```xml theme={null}
<arc:set attr="db.driver" value="System.Data.CData.MySql" /> 
<arc:set attr="db.conn" value="Server=localhost;Database=sakila;UID=root;Password=Password123;"/>
```