CODBCBase.GetDriversmethod

Lists driver descriptions and driver attribute keywords.

DatabasesmethodCODBC.incdocumented

Syntax

FUNCTION GetDrivers (BYVAL Direction AS SQLUSMALLINT, BYREF dwsDriverDesc AS DWSTRING, BYREF dwsDriverAttributes AS DWSTRING) AS SQLRETURN

Parameters

Name		Description
`Direction`		Determines whether the Driver Manager fetches the next driver description in the list (SQL_FETCH_NEXT) or whether the search starts from the beginning of the list (SQL_FETCH_FIRST).
`dwsDriverDesc`		A DWSTRING variable in which to return the driver description.
`dwsDriverAttributes`		A DWSTRING variable in which to return the list of driver attribute value pairs (see "Comments").

Return value

SQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_ERROR, or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE.

Description

Lists driver descriptions and driver attribute keywords. This function is implemented only by the Driver Manager.

Example

#include once "AfxNova/COdbc.inc" USING AfxNova

' // Create a connection object and connect with the database ' // We need to call it to create the environment handle DIM wszConStr AS WSTRING * 260 = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=biblio.mdb" DIM pDbc AS CODBC = wszConStr IF pDbc.Handle = NULL THEN PRINT "Unable to create the connection handle" : SLEEP : END

DIM wDirection AS WORD DIM dwsDriverAttributes AS DWSTRING DIM dwsDriverDesc AS DWSTRING

wDirection = SQL_FETCH_FIRST DO dwsDriverDesc = "" cwsDriverAttributes = "" IF SQL_SUCCEEDED(pDbc.GetDrivers(wDirection, dwsDriverDesc, dwsDriverAttributes)) = 0 THEN EXIT DO ? "Driver description: " & dwsDriverDesc ? "Driver attributes: " & dwsDriverAttributes wDirection = SQL_FETCH_NEXT LOOP

Reference

Include file CODBC.inc
Defined in AfxNova/COdbc.inc:243
Documented in Databases/ODBC Classes/CODBC Class.md
Topic: ODBC Classes