---
title:  POST /geode/v1/queries?id=&lt;queryId&gt;&q=&lt;OQL-statement&gt;
---

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Create (prepare) the specified parameterized query and assign the corresponding ID for lookup.

## Resource URL

``` pre
http://<hostname_or_http-service-bind-address>:<http-service-port>/geode/v1/queries?id=<queryId>&q="<OQL-statement>"
```

## Parameters

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<td>id</td>
<td><strong>Required.</strong> Unique identifier for the named parameterized query.</td>
<td>selectCustomers</td>
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<td>q</td>
<td><strong>Required.</strong> OQL query statement. Use doublequotes to surround the OQL query statement.</td>
<td><pre class="pre"><code>&quot;SELECT o FROM /orders o WHERE o.quantity &gt; $1 AND o.totalprice &gt; $2&quot;</code></pre></td>
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**Note:**
For this release, you cannot specify the query string inside the request body (as JSON). You must specify the query as a URL parameter.

## Example Request

``` pre
POST /geode/v1/queries?id=selectOrders&q="SELECT o FROM /orders o WHERE o.quantity > $1 AND o.totalprice > $2"
Accept: application/json
```

## Example Success Response

``` pre
Response Payload: null

201 CREATED
Location: http://localhost:8080/geode/v1/queries/selectOrders
```

## Error Codes

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<td>400 BAD REQUEST</td>
<td>Query ID not specified or malformed OQL statement</td>
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<td>401 UNAUTHORIZED</td>
<td>Invalid Username or Password</td>
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<td>403 FORBIDDEN</td>
<td>Insufficient privileges for operation</td>
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<td>409 CONFLICT</td>
<td>QueryId already assigned to another query</td>
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<td>500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR</td>
<td>Error encountered at <%=vars.product_name%> server. Check the HTTP response body for a stack trace of the exception.
<ul>
<li>Query store does not exist!</li>
</ul></td>
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