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<h1>Canceling the execution of a SQL statement<a class="headerlink" href="#canceling-the-execution-of-a-sql-statement" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>To cancel the execution of a statement, send a <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POST</span></code> request to the cancel endpoint. See
<a class="reference internal" href="reference.html#label-sql-api-reference-post-statements-cancel"><span class="std std-ref">POST /api/v2/statements/{statementHandle}/cancel</span></a> for details.</p>
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<p>The following flow chart illustrates the steps that you take to cancel a request.</p>
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Canceling the execution of a SQL statement¶