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DEALLOCATE

deallocate a prepared statement

Synopsis

DEALLOCATE [ PREPARE ] { NAME | ALL }

Description

DEALLOCATE is used to deallocate a previously prepared SQL statement. If you do not explicitly deallocate a prepared statement, it is deallocated when the session ends.

For more information on prepared statements, see sql-prepare.

Parameters

PREPARE : This key word is ignored.

name : The name of the prepared statement to deallocate.

ALL : Deallocate all prepared statements.

Compatibility

The SQL standard includes a DEALLOCATE statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL.

See Also

sql-execute, sql-prepare