DEALLOCATE()

NAME
DEALLOCATE - deallocate a prepared statement

SYNOPSIS

DEALLOCATE [ PREPARE ] plan_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 [prepare(7)].

PARAMETERS

PREPARE
    This key word is ignored.

plan_name
    The name of the prepared statement to deallocate.

COMPATIBILITY

The SQL standard includes a DEALLOCATE statement, but it is only for use in embedded SQL.