DEALLOCATE
Deallocates 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.
Parameters
PREPARE
Optional key word which is ignored.
name
The name of the prepared statement to deallocate.
ALL
Deallocate all prepared statements
Examples
Deallocate the previously prepared statement named insert_names
:
DEALLOCATE insert_names;
Compatibility
The SQL standard includes a DEALLOCATE
statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL.