func poolPrepareUseAndDeallocate(pool *pgx.ConnPool, actionNum int) error { psName := fmt.Sprintf("poolPreparedStatement%d", actionNum) _, err := pool.Prepare(psName, "select $1::text") if err != nil { return err } var s string err = pool.QueryRow(psName, "hello").Scan(&s) if err != nil { return err } if s != "hello" { return fmt.Errorf("Prepared statement did not return expected value: %v", s) } return pool.Deallocate(psName) }