Connection parameters
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♦ The following connection string fragment starts the TCP/IP protocol
only:
CommLinks=tcpip
♦ The following connection string fragment starts the TCP/IP and IPX
protocols, searching for the host kangaroo in addition to servers on the
immediate TCP/IP network:
CommLinks=ipx,tcpip(HOST=kangaroo)
ConnectionName connection parameter [CON]
Names a connection, to make switching to it easier in multi-connection
applications.
Not available for ODBC.
No connection name.
An optional parameter, providing a name for the particular connection you
are making. You may leave this unspecified unless you are going to establish
more than one connection, and switch between them.
The connection name is not the same as the data source name.
♦ Connect, naming the connection FirstCon:
CON=First Con
DatabaseFile connection parameter [DBF]
The database file to which you want to connect.
Embedded databases
There is no default setting.
To load and connect to a specific database file.
♦ If a database is loaded with a name that is the same as the DatabaseFile
parameter, but without the
.db
extension, the connection is made to that
database instead.
♦ If the filename does not include an extension, a file of name
.db
is
looked for.
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