creating-and-terminating-threads.md

title	Creating and Terminating Threads | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	01/19/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	connectivity
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ms.technology	connectivity
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	terminating threads [ODBC] threads [ODBC] multithreaded applications [ODBC]
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author	David-Engel
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Creating and Terminating Threads

Multithread applications that use ODBC should call the Microsoft® Visual C++® Run-Time Library functions _beginthread and _endthread (or _beginthreadex and _endthreadex) to create and terminate threads that call the ODBC Driver Manager. If applications call the Microsoft Windows NT® functions CreateThread and EndThread instead, memory leaks will occur because the Driver Manager and some ODBC drivers call C run-time functions that will not work on a thread created by calling CreateThread. For more information, see the Microsoft Windows® documentation.