DBMS: Static SQL (Definitions)

[static query:] "A previously saved query that is optimized for a particular execution plan. The opposite of an ad hoc query." (Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Data Warehouse Training Kit", 2000)

"SQL that has been compiled prior to execution." (Ajay Gupta et al, "Informix Dynamic Server 11", 2007)

"SQL statements in an application that do not change at runtime and, therefore, can be hard-coded into the application." (John Goodson & Robert A Steward, "The Data Access Handbook", 2009)

[Static embedded SQL:] "Embedded SQL in which the entire SQL statement can be specified when the program is written, allowing the statement to be precompiled before the program is executed." (Jan L Harrington, "SQL Clearly Explained” 3rd Ed. , 2010)

[static query:] "A stored, precompiled SQL query, optimized for access against a particular database design." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

"A style of embedded SQL in which the SQL statements do not change while the application is running." (Carlos Coronel et al, "Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management" 9th Ed., 2011)

"SQL statements, embedded within a program, that are prepared during the program preparation process (before the program is executed). After being prepared, the SQL statement does not change (although values of host variables specified by the statement might change." (Kirsten A Larsen et al, "Extremely pureXML in DB2 10 for z/OS", 2011)

"SQL queries that are preprocessed and whose access paths are determined during the bind procedure, prior to execution." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration", 2012)

"SQL statements that are embedded within a program and are bound before the program is executed. After being bound, a static SQL statement does not change, although values of host variables specified by the statement can change. " (Sybase, "Open Server Server-Library/C Reference Manual", 2019)

"A program where access to the database has been predetermined by the programmer and any input from the user will not change this access pattern. Put another way, all SQL statements are already part of the program when it is executed." (Microfocus)

"A type of embedded SQL in which SQL statements are hard-coded and compiled when the rest of the program is compiled." (Microsoft) 

"It is called static SQL because the SQL statements in the program are static; that is, they do not change each time the program is run."  (Microsoft) [source]