## DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTORDEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR — deallocate an SQL descriptor area## Synopsis```DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR name```## Description`DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR` deallocates a named SQL descriptor area.## Parameters*`name`* The name of the descriptor which is going to be deallocated. It is case sensitive. This can be an SQL identifier or a host variable.## Examples```EXEC SQL DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR mydesc;```## Compatibility`DEALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR` is specified in the SQL standard.## See Also[ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR](ecpg-sql-allocate-descriptor.html), [GET DESCRIPTOR](ecpg-sql-get-descriptor.html), [SET DESCRIPTOR](ecpg-sql-set-descriptor.html)
