SQLConnect

SQLConnect connects to a database and saves information about the connection in the provided connection handle. The handle must be previously allocated using the SQLAllocHandle function.

Syntax:

RETCODE SQLConnect (hConn, dbName, dbNameLen, userName, userNameLen, auth, authLen ) ; 

Arguments :

The arguments for SQLConnect are listed in below table.

Type	|Name	Description
SQLHDBC	hConn	Newly allocated connection handle
SQLCHAR *	dbName	Name of the database to connect
SQLSMALLINT	dbNameLen	Length of the database name
SQLCHAR *	username	Name of the database user
SQLSMALLINT	userNameLen	Length of the username
SQLCHAR*	auth	Database encryption password
SQLSMALLINT	authLen	Password length

Returns:

SQLConnect returns SQL_SUCCESS if it is successful else SQL_ERROR.

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