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# getServerPreparedStatementDiscardThreshold Method (SQLServerConnection)
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 Returns the value of **serverPreparedStatementDiscardThreshold** connection property. This setting controls how many outstanding prepared statement discard actions (sp_unprepare) can be outstanding per connection before a call to clean up the outstanding handles on the server is executed. If the setting is <= 1, unprepare actions are executed immediately on prepared statement close. If it's set to > 1, these calls are batched together to avoid overhead of calling sp_unprepare too often. The default for this option can be changed by calling getDefaultServerPreparedStatementDiscardThreshold().

## Syntax  
  
```  
  
public int getServerPreparedStatementDiscardThreshold()  
```  

## Return Value
 An **int** that contains the value of **serverPreparedStatementDiscardThreshold** connection property.

## Exceptions  
 [SQLServerException](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverexception-class.md)  
 
## Remarks  
 This method is available from JDBC driver version 6.4 and onward.
 
## See Also  
 [SQLServerConnection Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverconnection-members.md)   
 [SQLServerConnection Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverconnection-class.md)