.. efun:: mixed * sl_exec(string statement, ...)
  :optional:

  Executes the SQL statement :arg:`statement` for the current SQLite database. The SQL statement may contain wildcards like ``?`` and ``?nnn``, where ``nnn`` is an integer. These wildcards can be given as further parameters to sl_exec. With ``?nnn`` the number of a specific parameter can be given, the first parameter has number 1.

  If the statement returns data, sl_exec returns an array with each row (which is itself an array of columns) as an element.

  Pragma statements raise a privilege_violation ("sqlite_pragma", ob, name, value). If the privilege is denied, an error is thrown.

  The function is available only if the driver is compiled with SQLite support. In that case, :macro:`__SQLITE__` is defined.

  :history 3.3.713 introduced:

  .. seealso:: :efun:`sl_open`, :efun:`sl_insert_id`, :efun:`sl_close`