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See <a class="xref" href="sql-prepare.html" title="PREPARE"><span class="refentrytitle">PREPARE</span></a> for more information about prepared statements. </p><p> <code class="structname">pg_prepared_statements</code> contains one row for each prepared statement. Rows are added to the view when a new prepared statement is created and removed when a prepared statement is released (for example, via the <a class="xref" href="sql-deallocate.html" title="DEALLOCATE"><span class="refentrytitle">DEALLOCATE</span></a> command). </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.78.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.77. <code class="structname">pg_prepared_statements</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_prepared_statements Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="structfield">name</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td> The identifier of the prepared statement </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">statement</code></td><td><code class="type">text</code></td><td> The query string submitted by the client to create this prepared statement. For prepared statements created via SQL, this is the <code class="command">PREPARE</code> statement submitted by the client. For prepared statements created via the frontend/backend protocol, this is the text of the prepared statement itself. </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">prepare_time</code></td><td><code class="type">timestamptz</code></td><td> The time at which the prepared statement was created </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">parameter_types</code></td><td><code class="type">regtype[]</code></td><td> The expected parameter types for the prepared statement in the form of an array of <code class="type">regtype</code>. The OID corresponding to an element of this array can be obtained by casting the <code class="type">regtype</code> value to <code class="type">oid</code>. </td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">from_sql</code></td><td><code class="type">boolean</code></td><td> <code class="literal">true</code> if the prepared statement was created via the <code class="command">PREPARE</code> SQL command; <code class="literal">false</code> if the statement was prepared via the frontend/backend protocol </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p> The <code class="structname">pg_prepared_statements</code> view is read only. </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="view-pg-policies.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="view-pg-prepared-xacts.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">52.75. <code class="structname">pg_policies</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 52.77. <code class="structname">pg_prepared_xacts</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>