[development] Programmatically creating SQL queries

[Andy Fowlston]

Hi all,

Is there a preferred way in Drupal to programmatically create SQL queries? Currently I'm building a query to pull some webform data from selected component fields. I see a few choices:

1. Build the query with db_query() placeholders, build an argument array, and make the call using call_user_func_array().

2. Use sprintf() to build up a complete string, and pass that directly to db_query().

3. Use other functions to sanitise the arguments.

Is there any preferred method? Guessing number 2...

A.

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