DEALLOCATE

Deallocates a prepared statement.

Synopsis

DEALLOCATE [PREPARE] <name>

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.

Examples

Deallocated 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.