EXECUTE(7)

💅 EXECUTE(7) 💅

okay so bestie, this is the EXECUTE(7) page straight outta the PostgreSQL 16.15 docs, and it's all about literally executing a prepared statement. main character energy fr fr. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

EXECUTE — execute a prepared statement.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

EXECUTE name [ ( parameter [, ...] ) ]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

EXECUTE is used to execute a previously prepared statement. The way prepared statements work? They only exist for the duration of a session, so the prepared statement must have been created by a PREPARE statement executed earlier in the current session. iykyk. 💫

If the PREPARE statement that created the statement specified some parameters, a compatible set of parameters must be passed to the EXECUTE statement, or else an error is raised. Not me being dramatic — that's literally the rule. 😭

🚨 bestie, note this: (unlike functions) prepared statements are not overloaded based on the type or number of their parameters; the name of a prepared statement must be unique within a database session.

For more info on the creation and usage of prepared statements, see PREPARE(7). 🫶

🌈 PARAMETERS 🌈

• name — the name of the prepared statement to execute. periodt. 👑
• parameter — the actual value of a parameter to the prepared statement. This must be an expression yielding a value that is compatible with the data type of this parameter, as was determined when the prepared statement was created. no cap, type compatibility is the vibe check here. 🧚

🔥 OUTPUTS 🔥

The command tag returned by EXECUTE is that of the prepared statement, and not EXECUTE. so don't get it twisted, bestie. 💅

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

Examples are given in Examples in the PREPARE(7) documentation. go peek, it's giving tutorial era. ✨

💜 COMPATIBILITY 💜

The SQL standard includes an EXECUTE statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL. This version of the EXECUTE statement also uses a somewhat different syntax. so yeah, close but not twins. 🙈

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• DEALLOCATE(7)
• PREPARE(7)

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mwah 💖 this page is from PostgreSQL 16.15, dated 2026, and it's the EXECUTE(7) page. periodt. 🎀