docs: sqlite statement.setAllowBareNamedParameters()

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https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/sqlite.html#statementsetallowbarenamedparametersenabled

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For sqlite statement.setAllowBareNamedParameters() the docs say:

By default, node:sqlite requires that this prefix character is present when binding parameters .. To improve ergonomics, this method can be used to also allow bare named parameters

but this is not right, the default value for allowBareNamedParameters is true, see database.prepare(sql[, options]) and new DatabaseSync(path[, options]), which means the prefix is not required. This needs to be re-written to account for allowBareNamedParameters defaulting to true not false.

Example showing allowBareNamedParameters defaults to true:

import { DatabaseSync } from 'node:sqlite';
const db = new DatabaseSync(':memory:');

db.exec('CREATE TABLE t (c1, c2, c3)');

// named parameters $c1, $c2, $c3
const insert = db.prepare('INSERT INTO t VALUES ($c1, $c2, $c3)');

// bare named parameters, prefix not required by default
insert.run({ c1: 1, c2: 2, c3: 3 });

console.log(db.prepare('SELECT * FROM t').get());
// { c1: 1, c2: 2, c3: 3 }

I can reproduce this and confirm that allowBareNamedParameters defaults to true.

The current wording suggests bare named parameters are disallowed by default, which seems incorrect based on DatabaseSync / database.prepare defaults and actual behavior.

I’d like to open a docs-only PR.

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YashhCanCode commented on Feb 15, 2026

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