creating-and-terminating-threads.md

title	Creating and Terminating Threads
description	Creating and Terminating Threads
author	David-Engel
ms.author	davidengel
ms.date	01/19/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	connectivity
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	terminating threads [ODBC] threads [ODBC] multithreaded applications [ODBC]

Creating and Terminating Threads

Multithread applications that use ODBC should call the [!INCLUDE vcprvc-md] Run-Time Library functions _beginthread and _endthread (or _beginthreadex and _endthreadex) to create and terminate threads that call the ODBC Driver Manager. If applications call the Microsoft Windows NT functions CreateThread and EndThread instead, memory leaks will occur because the Driver Manager and some ODBC drivers call C run-time functions that will not work on a thread created by calling CreateThread. For more information, see the Microsoft Windows documentation.