Discussed at DB SIG call, decided to rename collection to target and wider its scope.

Related:

• Database general-purpose target attribute #521
• https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C06HH05KNMC/p1729184121634279

if we don't go ahead with #1527, we may also consider introducing something like db.stored_procedure.name

I don't think I've worked with "named" prepared statements, do you have an example of that? thanks

Microsoft SQL Server returns an integer handle that isn't worth recording IMO. I believe SQLite does something similar.

MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgresSQL support named prepared statements. Invocation is similar to stored procedures.

MySQL and MariaDB

mysql> PREPARE stmt1 FROM 'SELECT SQRT(POW(?,2) + POW(?,2)) AS hypotenuse';
mysql> SET @a = 3;
mysql> SET @b = 4;
mysql> EXECUTE stmt1 USING @a, @b;
+------------+
| hypotenuse |
+------------+
|          5 |
+------------+
mysql> DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt1;

PostgreSQL

PREPARE fooplan (int, text, bool, numeric) AS
    INSERT INTO foo VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4);
EXECUTE fooplan(1, 'Hunter Valley', 't', 200.00);