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# executeUpdate Method (SQLServerPreparedStatement)
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  Runs the SQL statement in this [SQLServerPreparedStatement](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverpreparedstatement-class.md) object, which must be an SQL INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, or DELETE statement; or an SQL statement that returns nothing, such as a DDL statement.  
  
## Overload List  
  
|Name|Description|  
|----------|-----------------|  
|[executeUpdate ()](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/executeupdate-method.md)|Runs the SQL statement in this [SQLServerPreparedStatement](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverpreparedstatement-class.md) object, which must be an SQL INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, or DELETE statement; or an SQL statement that returns nothing, such as a DDL statement.|  
|[executeUpdate (java.lang.String)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/executeupdate-method-java-lang-string.md)|Runs the given SQL statement, which can be an INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, or DELETE statement; or an SQL statement that returns nothing, such as an SQL DDL statement.|  
  
## See Also  
 [SQLServerPreparedStatement Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverpreparedstatement-members.md)   
 [SQLServerPreparedStatement Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverpreparedstatement-class.md)