exec sql

I need help understanding the syntax of the "exec sql" statement.

i am looking at code that build an sql string such as

sql="exec SOMETHING Session("id")"

or something like that.

then, there is

conn.execute(sql)

My question is the "SOMETHING" in the sql statement...is what? I know it is user defined (object or variable or such), but what exactly is it? i look through the rest of the code and don;'t see SOMETHING defined elsewhere.

i am not sure if i am asking the question right. i don't understand what the SOMETHING is doing, or why it is there.

in particular, the code i am examining is

sql="exec SurveyDelete "&"'" & Session("StudentID") & " ' "
conn.execute(sql)

i understand the this statement will delete a record, but how does it handle "SurveyDelete", how does it know what the is when it is not defined anywhere else in the code?I would wager that SurveyDelete is the name of a stored procedure in the database. Have a look there.|||i bet your right. thanks.