--- title: "SQLExecDirect | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "06/13/2017" ms.prod: "sql-server-2014" ms.reviewer: "" ms.technology: native-client ms.topic: "reference" helpviewer_keywords: - "SQLExecDirect function" ms.assetid: e7c2a5b5-83f4-4c72-9aca-7b9fb4748b11 author: MightyPen ms.author: genemi manager: craigg --- # SQLExecDirect If the statement attribute SQL_SOPT_SS_PARAM_FOCUS is not 0, SQLExecDirect will return SQL_ERROR and generate a diagnostic record with SQLSTATE=HY024 and the message "Invalid attribute value, SQL_SOPT_SS_PARAM_FOCUS (must be zero at execution time)". For more information about SQL_SOPT_SS_PARAM_FOCUS, see [SQLSetStmtAttr](sqlsetstmtattr.md). For more information about table-valued parameters, see [Table-Valued Parameters (ODBC)](../native-client-odbc-table-valued-parameters/table-valued-parameters-odbc.md). ## See Also [SQLExecDirect](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=80709) [ODBC API Implementation Details](odbc-api-implementation-details.md)