# Preparing queries ```sql CREATE TABLE records ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY ); -- name: GetRecord :one SELECT * FROM records WHERE id = $1; ``` sqlc has an option to use prepared queries. These prepared queries also work with transactions. ```go package db import ( "context" "database/sql" ) type Record struct { ID int } type DBTX interface { PrepareContext(context.Context, string) (*sql.Stmt, error) QueryRowContext(context.Context, string, ...interface{}) *sql.Row } func New(db DBTX) *Queries { return &Queries{db: db} } func Prepare(ctx context.Context, db DBTX) (*Queries, error) { q := Queries{db: db} var err error if q.getRecordStmt, err = db.PrepareContext(ctx, getRecord); err != nil { return nil, err } return &q, nil } func (q *Queries) queryRow(ctx context.Context, stmt *sql.Stmt, query string, args ...interface{}) *sql.Row { switch { case stmt != nil && q.tx != nil: return q.tx.StmtContext(ctx, stmt).QueryRowContext(ctx, args...) case stmt != nil: return stmt.QueryRowContext(ctx, args...) default: return q.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, query, args...) } } type Queries struct { db DBTX tx *sql.Tx getRecordStmt *sql.Stmt } func (q *Queries) WithTx(tx *sql.Tx) *Queries { return &Queries{ db: tx, tx: tx, getRecordStmt: q.getRecordStmt, } } const getRecord = `-- name: GetRecord :one SELECT id FROM records WHERE id = $1 ` func (q *Queries) GetRecord(ctx context.Context, id int) (Record, error) { row := q.queryRow(ctx, q.getRecordStmt, getRecord, id) var i Record err := row.Scan(&i.ID) return i, err } ```