DEALLOCATE(7)

NAME
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 PREPARE(7).

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
EXECUTE(7), PREPARE(7)