EXECUTE(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation EXECUTE(7) NAME EXECUTE - execute a prepared statement SYNOPSIS EXECUTE name [ ( parameter [, ...] ) ] DESCRIPTION EXECUTE is used to execute a previously prepared statement. Since prepared statements only exist for the duration of a session, the prepared statement must have been created by a PREPARE statement executed earlier in the cur- rent session. If the PREPARE statement that created the statement specified some parame- ters, a compatible set of parameters must be passed to the EXECUTE state- ment, or else an error is raised. Note that (unlike functions) prepared statements are not overloaded based on the type or number of their parame- ters; 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(7). PARAMETERS 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 that is compatible with the data type of this parameter, as was determined when the prepared statement was cre- ated. OUTPUTS The command tag returned by EXECUTE is that of the prepared statement, and not EXECUTE. EXAMPLES Examples are given in Examples in the PREPARE(7) documentation. COMPATIBILITY The SQL standard includes an EXECUTE statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL. This version of the EXECUTE statement also uses a somewhat different syntax. SEE ALSO DEALLOCATE(7), PREPARE(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 2026 EXECUTE(7)
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