A connection enables an Embedded SQL program to access a database and perform SQL operations.
Use the connect statement to establish a connection between an application program and Adaptive Server Enterprise. If an application uses both C and COBOL languages, the first connect statement must be issued from a COBOL program. See Open Client Embedded SQL/COBOL Programmers Guide for information.
The syntax for the connect statement is:
exec sql connect :user [identified by :password]
[at :connection_name] [using :server]
Each of the following sections describes one of the connect statement’s arguments. Only the user argument is required for the connect statement. The other arguments are optional.
