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

Rails and the MySQL Active Record adaptor does not have any support for prepared statements as far as I know:

http://patshaughnessy.net/2011/10/22/show-some-love-for-prepared-statements-in-rails-3-1

This is because they actually don't have any use in speeding statements up and can actually slow things down due to MySQL's lack of query planning.