db_get_property function

unsigned int db_get_property(
SQLCA * sqlca,
a_db_property property,
char * value_buffer,
int value_buffer_size );

This function is used to obtain information about the database interface or the server to which you are connected.

The arguments are as follows:

a_db_property The property requested, either DB_PROP_CLIENT_CHARSET, DB_PROP_SERVER_ADDRESS, or DB_PROP_DBLIB_VERSION.
value_buffer This argument is filled with the property value as a null-terminated string.
value_buffer_size The maximum length of the string value_buffer, including the terminating null character.

The following properties are supported:

DB_PROP_CLIENT_CHARSET This property value gets the client character set (for example, "windows-1252").
DB_PROP_SERVER_ADDRESS This property value gets the current connection's server network address as a printable string. The shared memory protocol always returns the empty string for the address. The TCP/IP protocol returns non-empty string addresses.
DB_PROP_DBLIB_VERSION This property value gets the database interface library's version (for example, "11.0.0.1297").

Returns 1 if successful, 0 otherwise.

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