This document is intended for application developers who need access to data from Adaptive Server® Enterprise on Microsoft Windows and UNIX platforms, using Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
The information in this book is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Introduction to ODBC Programming,” contains information for developing applications that directly call the ODBC programming interface.
Chapter 2, “Connecting to a Database,” describes how client applications connect to Adaptive Server using ODBC.
Chapter 3, “Supported Adaptive Server Features,” describes the Adaptive Server features that you can use with the Adaptive Server ODBC Driver.
See these books for more information:
The Software Developer’s Kit Release Bulletin for your platform contains important last-minute information about Adaptive Server ODBC Driver and Software Developer’s Kit (SDK).
The Software Developer’s Kit and Open Server Installation Guide contains information about installing SDK and its Adaptive Server ODBC Driver component.
The Adaptive Server Enterprise Installation Guide contains information about installing Adaptive Server.
The Adaptive Server Enterprise Release Bulletin for your platform contains information about known problems and recent updates to Adaptive Server.
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The following conventions are used in this book.
Functions, command names, command option names, program names, program flags, properties, keywords, statements, and stored procedures are printed as follows:
Use the SQLSetConnectAttr function to control details of the connection. For example, the following statement turns off ODBC autocommit behavior:
sr = SQLSetConnectAttr(ConnectionHandle, SQL_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_AUTOCOMMIT_OFF, SQL_IS_UINTEGER);
Variables, parameters, and user-supplied words are in italics in syntax and in paragraph text, are printed as follows:
For example, the following statement allocates a SQL_HANDLE_STMT handle
the with name stmt,
on a connection with a handle named dbc.
Names of database objects such as databases, tables, columns, and datatypes, are printed as follows:
The value of the pubs2 object.
Examples that show the use of functions are printed as follows:
retcode = SQLConnect( dbc, (SQLCHAR*) "MANGO", SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR* ) "sa", SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR*) "", SQL_NTS );
Syntax formatting conventions are summarized in the following table.
Key |
Definition |
|---|---|
{ }
|
Curly braces mean you must choose at least one of the enclosed options. Do not include braces in the command. |
[ ] |
Brackets mean you can choose or omit enclosed options. Do not include brackets in the command. |
| |
Vertical bars mean you can choose no more than one option (enclosed in braces or brackets). |
, |
Commas mean you can choose as many options as you need (enclosed in braces or brackets). Separate your choices with commas, to be typed as part of the command. Commas can also be required in other syntax contexts. |
( ) |
Parentheses are to be typed as part of the command. |
... |
An ellipsis (three dots) means you can repeat the last unit as many times as you need. Do not include ellipses in the command. |
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