# Run queries with execution parameters using the AWS CLI
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To use the AWS CLI to run queries with execution parameters, use the `start-query-execution` command and provide a parameterized query in the `query-string` argument. Then, in the `execution-parameters` argument, provide the values for the execution parameters. The following example illustrates this technique.

```
aws athena start-query-execution 
--query-string "SELECT * FROM table WHERE x = ? AND y = ?"
--query-execution-context "Database"="default" 
--result-configuration "OutputLocation"="s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket;/..."
--execution-parameters "1" "2"
```