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# sp_cursorunprepare (Transact-SQL)
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  Discards the execution plan developed in the sp_cursorprepare stored procedure. sp_cursorunprepare is invoked by specifying ID = 6 in a tabular data stream (TDS) packet.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
sp_cursorunprepare handle  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *handle*  
 Is the *handle* value that is returned by sp_cursorprepare when the statement is prepared.  
  
## See Also  
 [sp_cursorprepare (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-cursorprepare-transact-sql.md)   
 [System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/system-stored-procedures-transact-sql.md)