Which part of "the SQL text so it can be re-prepared if the schema changes" was unclear? If "diddled" SQL text was used then the statement could not be re-prepared. <https://sqlite.org/c3ref/expanded_sql.html> but since you already have prepared the statement and already bound the parameters, why would you want to go to all the bother and not just execute the statement using the standard sqlite3_step loop?