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title: "finalize Method (SQLServerResultSet) | Microsoft Docs"
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# finalize Method (SQLServerResultSet)
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  Explicitly closes this [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
public void finalize()  
```  
  
## Remarks  
 Closes the result set if the application does not. This method exists only to conform to the JDBC specification. Because the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) does not guarantee when a finalizer will have a chance to run, applications that neglect to explicitly close their result sets could still deadlock on another statement that is using the same connection and is blocked on a common server resource, such as row locks.  
  
## See Also  
 [SQLServerResultSet Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-members.md)   
 [SQLServerResultSet Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md)