Specifies an SQLDA descriptor that contains addresses and data types of input parameters or variables. The descriptor must be a structure declared in the host language program as an SQLDA. If the program is precompiled and uses the embedded SQL statement INCLUDE SQLDA, the name of the structure is simply SQLDA. Programs can use multiple SQLDAs, but must explicitly declare them with names other than SQLDA. Programs can always use the USING DESCRIPTOR clause of the EXECUTE statement whether or not the statement string contains input parameter markers, as long as the value of the SQLD field in the SQLDA corresponds to the number of input parameter markers. SQL updates the SQLD field with the correct number of input parameter markers when it processes the DESCRIBE statement for the statement string.