Prepare and execute or: perhaps a slightly misplaced “you” in this text?
“The prepare() function, which takes an SQL query as parameter, readies a query for execution, but does not execute it (kinda like the priest that walks down the last mile with you to the electric chair). Instead, prepare() returns a handle to the prepared query, which is stored and then passed to the execute() method, which actually executes the query (bzzzt!).”
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