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ODBC_SQLGetConnectAttr


ODBC_SQLGetConnectAttr ( connectionID ; attribute ; valuePtr ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type	Description
connectionID	Longint	Connection ID
attribute	Longint	Attribute to retrieve
valuePtr	Pointer	Pointer to the current value of the attribute
Function result	Longint	Returns the result of the MS ODBC API function SQLGetConnectAttr

Description

The ODBC_SQLGetConnectAttr command returns the current setting of a connection attribute passed in attribute. This command can be used in conjunction with ODBC_SetConnectAttr.

connectionID is a valid connection ID returned by either ODBC_SQLAllocConnect before or ODBC_SQLConnect after having established a connection to a data source depending on attribute.

attribute is the connection attribute to retrieve and can be one of the following values:

Constant	Description
SQL_ATTR_ACCESS_MODE	Read-only or read-write
SQL_ATTR_ASYNC_ENABLE	Defines if a function can be executed asynchronously
SQL_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT	Autocommit or manual-commit mode
SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT	Number of seconds to wait for a request to complete
SQL_ATTR_CURRENT_CATALOG	Name of the catalog to be used by the data source
SQL_ATTR_LOGIN_TIMEOUT	Number of seconds to wait for a login request
SQL_ATTR_METADATA_ID	Determines how the string arguments of catalog functions are treated
SQL_ATTR_ODBC_CURSORS	Specifies how the Driver Manager uses the ODBC cursor
SQL_ATTR_PACKET_SIZE	Network packet size in bytes
SQL_ATTR_QUIET_MODE	Does not display any dialog boxes, except ODBC_SQLDriverConnect
SQL_ATTR_TRACE	Tracing on or off
SQL_ATTR_TRACEFILE	Name of the trace file
SQL_ATTR_TRANSLATE_LIB	Name of a library containing to perform tasks, such as character set translation
SQL_ATTR_TRANSLATE_OPTION	A value passed to the trnaslation DLL
SQL_ATTR_TXN_ISOLATION	Set the transaction isolation level for connection

valuePtr is a pointer to the current value of the attribute defined in the attribute parameter. The variable valuePtr points to must be a String variable.

For more information, please see the SQLGetConnectAttr function in the MS ODBC API Reference at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms710297(VS.85).aspx.

Function Results

SQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_NO_DATA, SQL_ERROR, or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE.

Example

The following method sets a connection attribute and then retrieves it:

 C_STRING(255;vCatalogName;vNewCatalogName)

 vCatalogName:="MyCatalogName"

 $result:=ODBC_SQLSetConnectAttr($connectionID;SQL_ATTR_CURRENT_CATALOG;->vCatalogName)

 $result:=ODBC_SQLGetConnectAttr($connectionID;SQL_ATTR_CURRENT_CATALOG;->vNewCatalogName)