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PREPARE

Synopsis

Use the PREPARE statement to create a handle to a prepared statement by parsing, analyzing, and rewriting (but not executing) the target statement.

prepare_statement ::= PREPARE name [ ( data_type [ , ... ] ) ] AS 
                      sql_stmt

The statement in PREPARE may (should) contain parameters (e.g. $1) that will be provided by the expression list in EXECUTE.
The data type list in PREPARE represent the types for the parameters used in the statement.

Create a sample table.

yugabyte=# CREATE TABLE sample(k1 int, k2 int, v1 int, v2 text, PRIMARY KEY (k1, k2));

Prepare a simple insert.

yugabyte=# PREPARE ins (bigint, double precision, int, text) AS 
               INSERT INTO sample(k1, k2, v1, v2) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4);

Execute the insert twice (with different parameters).

yugabyte=# EXECUTE ins(1, 2.0, 3, 'a');

yugabyte=# EXECUTE ins(2, 3.0, 4, 'b');

Check the results.

yugabyte=# SELECT * FROM sample ORDER BY k1;

 k1 | k2 | v1 | v2
----+----+----+----
  1 |  2 |  3 | a
  2 |  3 |  4 | b
(2 rows)