---
title: "SQLFreeConnect Mapping | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
ms.prod: sql
ms.prod_service: connectivity
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ms.technology: connectivity
ms.topic: conceptual
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "mapping deprecated functions [ODBC], SQLFreeConnect"
  - "SQLFreeConnect function [ODBC], mapping"
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author: David-Engel
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---
# SQLFreeConnect Mapping
When an application calls **SQLFreeConnect** through an ODBC *3.x* driver, the call to  
  
```  
SQLFreeConnect(hdbc)   
```  
  
 is mapped to  
  
```  
SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC,Handle)  
```  
  
 with the *Handle* argument set to the value in *hdbc*.