How do you create prepared statements with the mysql2 gem?

Question

I\'ve tried using google to answer this seemingly simple question, but to my surprise, it didn\'t help.

I have code in my rails application currently using the \'pre

Answer 1

The mysql2 gem now supports prepared statements according to the documentation.

The syntax is as follows:

statement = @client.prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE login_count = ?")
result1 = statement.execute(1)
result2 = statement.execute(2)

This was added with a merged pull request in June 2015.