execute.md

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EXECUTE | TiDB SQL Statement Reference	An overview of the usage of EXECUTE for the TiDB database.	reference

EXECUTE

The EXECUTE statement provides an SQL interface to server-side prepared statements.

Synopsis

ExecuteStmt:

Identifier:

Examples

mysql> PREPARE mystmt FROM 'SELECT ? as num FROM DUAL';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET @number = 5;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> EXECUTE mystmt USING @number;
+------+
| num  |
+------+
| 5    |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> DEALLOCATE PREPARE mystmt;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.

See also

• PREPARE
• DEALLOCATE