# Method Sql.sql_util.emulate_bindings()

Method emulate_bindings

  ``string` emulate_bindings(`string` `query`, `mapping`(`string`|`int`:`mixed`)|`void` `bindings`, `void`|`object` `driver`)`

Description

  Build a raw SQL query, given the cooked query and the variable bindings It's meant to be used as an emulation engine for those drivers not providing such a behaviour directly (i.e. Oracle). The raw query can contain some variables (identified by prefixing a colon to a name or a number (i.e. ":var" or ":2"). They will be replaced by the corresponding value in the mapping.

Parameter `query`

  The query.

Parameter `bindings`

  Optional mapping containing the variable bindings. Make sure that no confusion is possible in the query. If necessary, change the variables' names.