SYNOPSIS

DEALLOCATE [ PREPARE ] { name | ALL }

DESCRIPTION

Note

The following description applies both to Postgres-XC and PostgreSQL if not described explicitly.

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.