DBCC dllname (FREE) (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** ![yes](media/yes.png)SQL Server (starting with 2008) ![no](media/no.png)Azure SQL Database ![no](media/no.png)Azure SQL Data Warehouse ![no](media/no.png)Parallel Data Warehouse Unloads the specified extended stored procedure DLL from memory.

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Syntax

DBCC <dllname> ( FREE ) [ WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]

Arguments

<dllname>
Is the name of the DLL to release from memory.

WITH NO_INFOMSGS
Suppresses all informational messages.

Remarks

When an extended stored procedure is executed, the DLL remains loaded by the instance of SQL Server until the server is shut down. This statement allows for a DLL to be unloaded from memory without shutting down SQL Server SQL Server To display the DLL files currently loaded by SQL Server SQL Server SQL Server execute sp_helpextendedproc

Result Sets

When a valid DLL is specified, DBCC dllname (FREE) returns:

DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.

Permissions

Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role or the db_owner fixed database role.

Examples

The following example assumes that xp_sample is implemented as xp_sample.dll and has been executed. DBCC <dllname> (FREE) unloads the xp_sample.dll file associated with the xp_sample extended procedure.

DBCC xp_sample (FREE);