Coba jalankan:
conn.exec("DEALLOCATE name_of_prepared_statement")
Dalam contoh Anda:
conn.exec("DEALLOCATE insert_values")
Tes sederhana dan berhasil di irb saya:
1.8.7 :001 > require 'rubygems'
=> true
1.8.7 :002 > require 'pg'
=> true
1.8.7 :003 > conn = PGconn.connect(:host => 'localhost', :port => 5912, :user => 'test', :dbname => 'test' )
=> #<PGconn:0x7fe6ac703970>
1.8.7 :005 > conn.prepare("insert_values", "select * from data where id < $1")
=> #<PGresult:0x7fe6ac6b2e58>
1.8.7 :006 > conn.prepare("insert_values", "select * from data where id < $1 and id > $2")
PGError: ERROR: prepared statement "insert_values" already exists
from (irb):6:in 'prepare'
from (irb):6
1.8.7 :007 > conn.prepare("insert_values", "select * from data where id < $1")
PGError: ERROR: prepared statement "insert_values" already exists
from (irb):7:in 'prepare'
from (irb):7
1.8.7 :008 > conn.exec("DEALLOCATE insert_values")
=> #<PGresult:0x7fe6ac6738c0>
1.8.7 :009 > conn.prepare("insert_values", "select * from data where id < $1")
=> #<PGresult:0x7fe6ac665fe0>
1.8.7 :010 > conn.exec_prepared("insert_values",[200])
=> #<PGresult:0x7fe6ac65d188>
1.8.7 :011 > conn.exec("DEALLOCATE insert_values")
=> #<PGresult:0x7fe6ac654df8>
1.8.7 :012 > conn.exec_prepared("insert_values",[200])
PGError: ERROR: prepared statement "insert_values" does not exist
from (irb):12:in 'exec_prepared'
from (irb):12