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+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.5
+.\"
+.TH "mysql_stmt_prepare" "3" "" "Version 3.3.1" "MariaDB Connector/C"
+.hy
+.SS Name
+.PP
+mysql_stmt_prepare \- Prepares an SQL string
+.SS Synopsis
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+#include <mysql.h>
+
+int mysql_stmt_prepare(MYSQL_STMT * stmt,
+                       const char * query,
+                       unsigned long length);
+\f[R]
+.fi
+.SS Description
+.PP
+Prepares the SQL query.
+.SS Parameter
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]stmt\f[R] \- a statement handle, which was previously allocated by
+\f[B]mysql_stmt_init(3)\f[R].
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]query\f[R] \- SQL statement
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]length\f[R] \- length of SQL statement
+.SS Return value
+.PP
+Zero on success, non zero on error.
+.SS Notes
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The parameter markers must be bound to application variables using
+\f[B]mysql_stmt_bind_param(3)\f[R].
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The maximum number of parameters is 65535 (0xFFFF).
+.IP \[bu] 2
+The markers are legal only in certain places in SQL statements.
+For example, they are allowed in the VALUES() list ofINSERT statement
+(to specify column values for a row), or in a comparison with a column
+in a [select()](WHERE]] clause to specify a comparison value.
+However, they are not allowed in identifiers (such as table or column
+names) in the select list that names the columns to be returned by
+SELECT statement, or to specify both operands of a binary operator such
+as the equal sign.
+The latter restriction is necessary because it would be impossible to
+determine the parameter type.
+In general, parameters are legal only in Data Manipulation Language
+(DML) statements, and not in Data Definition Language (DDL) statements.
+.SS See Also
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[B]mysql_stmt_init(3)\f[R]
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[B]mysql_stmt_param_count(3)\f[R]
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[B]mysql_stmt_execute(3)\f[R]