Beside ChuckM comment, see YAG comment at his blog:
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http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdata/archive/2004/03/16/90844.aspxHTH.
>I have never used the SQLPREPARE() command before and I was wondering if anyone could tell me a bit about where and when this command would be useful. It seems from reading the help file that issuing a SQLPREPARE prior to a SQLEXEC() may make the SQLEXEC() run faster?
>Is that true?