EXECUTE(7) SQL Commands EXECUTE(7) NAME EXECUTE - execute a prepared statement SYNOPSIS EXECUTE plan_name [ (parameter [, ...] ) ] DESCRIPTION EXECUTE is used to execute a previously prepared statement. Since pre- pared statements only exist for the duration of a session, the prepared statement must have been created by a PREPARE statement executed ear- lier in(1,8) the current session. If the PREPARE statement that created the statement specified some parameters, a compatible set(7,n,1 builtins) of parameters must be passed to the EXE- CUTE statement, or else an error(8,n) is raised. Note that (unlike func- tions) prepared statements are not overloaded based on the type or num- ber of their parameters; the name of a prepared statement must be unique within a database session. For more information on the creation and usage of prepared statements, see PREPARE [prepare(7)]. PARAMETERS plan_name The name of the prepared statement to execute. parameter The actual value of a parameter to the prepared statement. This must be an expression yielding a value of a type compatible with the data type specified for this parameter position in(1,8) the PRE- PARE command that created the prepared statement. COMPATIBILITY The SQL standard includes an EXECUTE statement, but it is only for use in(1,8) embedded SQL. This version(1,3,5) of the EXECUTE statement also uses a somewhat different syntax. SQL - Language Statements 2003-11-02 EXECUTE(7)