# system.db.runNamedQuery is showing as This function is deprecated and will be hidden in the future In Ignition 8.3

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**Created:** [February 26, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-runnamedquery-is-showing-as-this-function-is-deprecated-and-will-be-hidden-in-the-future-in-ignition-8-3/114204 "2026-02-26T15:06:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-runnamedquery-is-showing-as-this-function-is-deprecated-and-will-be-hidden-in-the-future-in-ignition-8-3/114204/3 "2026-02-26T17:07:26Z")

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More on deprecation here:

> [@8.3 Transformation performance in Vision client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-3-transformation-performance-in-vision-client/110975/3):
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> In 8.3: The non-"prep" variants of direct SQL query functions (runQuery, runScalarQuery, runUpdateQuery) are deprecated in all scopes, because they're strictly worse than the prep variants - there's literally no reason to use them. The runNamedQuery and runSFNamedQuery functions are deprecated in all scopes because: It had a fundamental signature incompatibility between client and gateway scope with the project parameter The idea of a single named query function issuing any kind of query (que…

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