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description: "SQLFreeConnect Function"
title: "SQLFreeConnect Function | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
ms.prod: sql
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  - "SQLFreeConnect"
apilocation: 
  - "sqlsrv32.dll"
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  - "SQLFreeConnect"
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  - "SQLFreeConnect function [ODBC]"
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# SQLFreeConnect Function
**Conformance**  
 Version Introduced: ODBC 1.0 Standards Compliance: Deprecated  
  
 **Summary**  
 In ODBC *3.x*, the ODBC 2.0 function **SQLFreeConnect** has been replaced by **SQLFreeHandle**. For more information, see [SQLFreeHandle](../../../odbc/reference/syntax/sqlfreehandle-function.md).  
  
> [!NOTE]
>  For more information about what the Driver Manager maps this function to when an ODBC *2.x* application is working with an ODBC *3.x* driver, see [Mapping Deprecated Functions](../../../odbc/reference/appendixes/mapping-deprecated-functions.md) in Appendix G: Driver Guidelines for Backward Compatibility.  
  
## See Also  
 [ODBC API Reference](../../../odbc/reference/syntax/odbc-api-reference.md)   
 [ODBC Header Files](../../../odbc/reference/install/odbc-header-files.md)