Temporary connections are named   Temporary connections are used to perform operations such as running backups or initializing databases. You can get information about temporary connections by using the sa_conn_info system procedure, the sa_conn_list system procedure and the Name and ParentConnection connection properties. See:

• Temporary connections
• Name connection property
• ParentConnection connection property
• sa_conn_info system procedure
• sa_conn_list system procedure

Connection pooling   The ConnectionPool connection parameter controls the behavior of client connection pooling. See ConnectionPool (CPOOL) connection parameter and Connection pooling.

Escape connection parameter supported for ODBC data sources   By default the ODBC driver uses the tilde (~) as an escape character, but some applications assume that the escape character is the backslash (\). You can use the Escape connection parameter to specify the escape character for your application. See Escape connection parameter (ODBC).

In addition, you can specify the Escape connection parameter in the Connect window.