Specifies the user ID with which you connect to the database. The value must be an authenticated user for the database.

Syntax

UID=user

Default

If you do not set the UID and PWD, UltraLite opens connections with UID=DBA and PWD=sql.

Remarks

Every user of a database has a user ID. UltraLite supports up to four user ID/password combinations.

UltraLite user IDs are separate from MobiLink user names and from other SQL Anywhere user IDs. You cannot change a user ID once it is created. Instead, you must delete the user ID and then add a new one.

You cannot set the UID to NULL or an empty string. The maximum length for a user ID is 31 characters. User IDs are case insensitive.

Any leading or trailing spaces in parameter values are ignored. This connection parameter's value cannot include leading single quotes, leading double quotes, or semicolons.

See also

• Opening UltraLite connections with connection strings
• UltraLite user authentication
• Interpreting user ID and password combinations
• UltraLite for C/C++: Authenticating users
• UltraLite for C/C++: Connecting to a database
• UltraLite for C/C++: OpenConnection function
• UltraLite for embedded SQL: Authenticating users
• UltraLite for embedded SQL: Connecting to a database
• UltraLite for M-Business Anywhere: Authenticating users
• UltraLite for M-Business Anywhere: Connecting to an UltraLite database
• UltraLite for M-Business Anywhere: openConnection method
• UltraLite.NET: Authenticating users
• UltraLite.NET: Connecting to a database
• UltraLite.NET: Open method

Example

The following connection string fragment supplies the user ID DBA and password sql for a database:

"UID=DBA;PWD=sql"