EXECUTE
EXECUTE — execute a prepared statement
Synopsis
EXECUTEname[ (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 aPREPARE statement executed earlier in the current session.
If thePREPARE statement that created the statement specified some parameters, a compatible set of parameters must be passed to theEXECUTE statement, or else an error is raised. Note that (unlike functions) prepared statements are not overloaded based on the type or number 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, seePREPARE.
Parameters
nameThe name of the prepared statement to execute.
parameterThe 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 created.
Outputs
The command tag returned byEXECUTE is that of the prepared statement, and notEXECUTE.
Compatibility
The SQL standard includes anEXECUTE statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL. This version of theEXECUTE statement also uses a somewhat different syntax.