# Execute prepared statements using the AWS CLI
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To execute a prepared statement with the AWS CLI, you can supply values for the parameters by using one of the following methods:
+ Use the `execution-parameters` argument.
+ Use the `EXECUTE ... USING` SQL syntax in the `query-string` argument.

## Use the execution-parameters argument


In this approach, you use the `start-query-execution` command and provide the name of an existing prepared statement in the `query-string` argument. Then, in the `execution-parameters` argument, you provide the values for the execution parameters. The following example shows this method.

```
aws athena start-query-execution 
--query-string "Execute PreparedStatement1" 
--query-execution-context "Database"="default" 
--result-configuration "OutputLocation"="s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/..."
--execution-parameters "1" "2"
```

## Use the EXECUTE ... USING SQL syntax


To run an existing prepared statement using the `EXECUTE ... USING` syntax, you use the `start-query-execution` command and place the both the name of the prepared statement and the parameter values in the `query-string` argument, as in the following example:

```
aws athena start-query-execution 
--query-string "EXECUTE PreparedStatement1 USING 1"
--query-execution-context '{"Database": "default"}' 
--result-configuration '{"OutputLocation": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/..."}'
```