[DB-SIG] qmark is standard SQL?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Carl Karsten wrote:
> Didn't someone here say that qmark was part of the some standard?  If so, got a 
> reference?

It's part of the SQL CLI standard which again is the basis for
ODBC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Level_Interface

> I just skimmed and searched the first 380 pages of the SQL 92 spec:
> 
> http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql/sql1992.txt
> 
> and the only mention of parameters I found was:
> 
> 4.18.2  Data parameters           A data parameter is a parameter that is used 
> to either assume or          supply the value of data exchanged between a host 
> program and an          SQL-implementation.
> 
> 
> It may be on page 500, but I got tired of looking.

I don't have a reference handy, sorry.

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