--- title: "setEnablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall Method (SQLServerDataSource) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "01/19/2018" ms.prod: "sql-non-specified" ms.prod_service: "drivers" ms.service: "" ms.component: "jdbc" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.technology: - "drivers" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "article" ms.assetid: caps.latest.revision: 1 author: "MightyPen" ms.author: "genemi" manager: "jhubbard" ms.workload: "Inactive" --- # setEnablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall Method (SQLServerDataSource) [!INCLUDE[Driver_JDBC_Download](../../../includes/driver_jdbc_download.md)] Specifies the behavior for a specific connection instance. If this configuration is false the first execution of a prepared statement will call sp_executesql and not prepare a statement, once the second execution happens it will call sp_prepexec and actually setup a prepared statement handle. Following executions will call sp_execute. This relieves the need for sp_unprepare on prepared statement close if the statement is only executed once. ## Syntax ``` public void setEnablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall(boolean enablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall); ``` #### Parameters *enablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall* The new value of the **enablePrepareOnFirstPreparedStatementCall** connection property. ## Exceptions [SQLServerException](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverexception-class.md) ## See Also [SQLServerDataSource Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverdatasource-members.md) [SQLServerDataSource Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverdatasource-class.md)