EXECUTE IMMEDIATE MySQL

Unlike recent versions of Maria DB, MySQL does not currently support the command EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.

Essentially EXECUTE IMMEDIATE is shorthand for perparing a statement, executing a statement and then finally deallocating the prepaired statement.

To get round this limitation in MySQL you can create a stored procedure that wraps up the commands required to execute a statement into a procedure so that you can call it as a one-liner.

CREATE PROCEDURE execute_immediate(IN query MEDIUMTEXT)
	MODIFIES SQL DATA
	SQL SECURITY DEFINER
BEGIN
	SET @q = query;
	PREPARE stmt FROM @q;
	EXECUTE stmt;
	DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
END

You can then call the procedure as a one-liner like this:

CALL execute_immediate('QUERY GOES HERE');