# SQL syntax for prepared statements
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You can use the `PREPARE`, `EXECUTE` and `DEALLOCATE PREPARE` SQL statements to run parameterized queries in the Athena console query editor. 

 
+ To specify parameters where you would normally use literal values, use question marks in the `PREPARE` statement.
+ To replace the parameters with values when you run the query, use the `USING` clause in the `EXECUTE` statement.
+ To remove a prepared statement from the prepared statements in a workgroup, use the `DEALLOCATE PREPARE` statement.

The following sections provide additional detail about each of these statements.

**Topics**
+ [PREPARE](querying-with-prepared-statements-prepare.md)
+ [EXECUTE](querying-with-prepared-statements-execute.md)
+ [DEALLOCATE PREPARE](querying-with-prepared-statements-deallocate-prepare.md)