title: "SQLCloseCursor | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/14/2017" ms.prod: "sql" ms.prod_service: "database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw" ms.service: "" ms.component: "native-client-odbc-api" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.technology:
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- "SQLCloseCursor function" ms.assetid: e7134d65-5c1c-4ae2-b119-d9b4b9a42483 caps.latest.revision: 31 author: "MightyPen" ms.author: "genemi" manager: "craigg" ms.workload: "Inactive" monikerRange: ">= aps-pdw-2016 || = azuresqldb-current || = azure-sqldw-latest || >= sql-server-2016 || = sqlallproducts-allversions"
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SQLCloseCursor replaces SQLFreeStmt with an Option value of SQL_CLOSE. On receipt of SQLCloseCursor, the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver discards pending result set rows. Note that the statement's column and parameter bindings (if any exist) are left unaltered by SQLCloseCursor.