String literals with PREPARE statements

Embedded SQL applications use the PREPARE statement to dynamically prepare an SQL statement for execution. The PREPARE statement creates an executable SQL statement from a character string form of the statement, called a statement string.

C and C++ embedded SQL applications can prepare a statement from a host variable or a literal string (statement string) that is enclosed in a single quotation mark.

For example: EXEC SQL PREPARE stmt_name FROM 'select empid from employee' ;