# Use prepared statements
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You can use a prepared statement for repeated execution of the same query with different query parameters. A prepared statement contains parameter placeholders whose values are supplied at execution time.

**Note**  
The maximum number of prepared statements in a workgroup is 1000.

**Topics**
+ [SQL syntax](querying-with-prepared-statements-sql-statements.md)
+ [Use the Athena console](querying-with-prepared-statements-executing-prepared-statements-without-the-using-clause-athena-console.md)
+ [Use the AWS CLI](querying-with-prepared-statements-cli-section.md)