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.\"     Title: SPI_prepare_params
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2026
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 15.18 Documentation
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.SH "NAME"
SPI_prepare_params \- prepare a statement, without executing it yet
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare_params(const char * \fIcommand\fR,
                              ParserSetupHook \fIparserSetup\fR,
                              void * \fIparserSetupArg\fR,
                              int \fIcursorOptions\fR)
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSPI_prepare_params\fR
creates and returns a prepared statement for the specified command, but doesn\*(Aqt execute the command\&. This function is equivalent to
\fBSPI_prepare_cursor\fR, with the addition that the caller can specify parser hook functions to control the parsing of external parameter references\&.
.PP
This function is now deprecated in favor of
\fBSPI_prepare_extended\fR\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
const char * \fIcommand\fR
.RS 4
command string
.RE
.PP
ParserSetupHook \fIparserSetup\fR
.RS 4
Parser hook setup function
.RE
.PP
void * \fIparserSetupArg\fR
.RS 4
pass\-through argument for
\fIparserSetup\fR
.RE
.PP
int \fIcursorOptions\fR
.RS 4
integer bit mask of cursor options; zero produces default behavior
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
\fBSPI_prepare_params\fR
has the same return conventions as
\fBSPI_prepare\fR\&.