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description: "SQLFreeStmt Mapping"
title: "SQLFreeStmt Mapping | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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  - "SQLFreeStmt function [ODBC], mapping"
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# SQLFreeStmt Mapping
When an application calls **SQLFreeStmt** with an *Option* argument of SQL_DROP through an ODBC *3.x* driver, the call to  
  
```  
SQLFreeStmt(hstmt, SQL_DROP)   
```  
  
 is mapped to  
  
```  
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT,Handle)  
```  
  
 with the *Handle* argument set to the value in *hstmt*.