NAME

       DEALLOCATE - deallocate 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(7).

PARAMETERS

       PREPARE
           This key word is ignored.

       name
           The name of the prepared statement to deallocate.

       ALL
           Deallocate all prepared statements.

COMPATIBILITY

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

SEE ALSO

       EXECUTE(7), PREPARE(7)