User`s guide

7 Functions — Alphabetical List
7-52
Property Description
Constructor Internal Java or C++ representation of database connection
object
Message Database connection status message that is empty when a
successful connection is established
Handle Internal Java or C++ representation of database connection
object
TimeOut Number of seconds that the driver waits while trying to
establish a database connection before throwing an error
AutoCommit Set to on to apply updates to the database automatically and
set to off to commit updates to the database manually
Type Database connection object or database.ODBCConnection
object
The native ODBC database connection object, database.ODBCConnection, excludes
Driver, URL, and Constructor properties. For database.ODBCConnection, the Type
property is equal to database.ODBCConnection object. The Handle property for a
database.ODBCConnection object is database.internal.ODBCConnectHandle,
and for JDBC/ODBC bridge connection, it is sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.
For ODBC, the Instance property contains the data source name, and, for JDBC, the
Instance property contains the database name.
More About
JDBC Driver Name and Database Connection URL
The JDBC driver name and database connection URL take different forms for different
databases, as shown in the following table.
Database JDBC Driver Name and Database URL Example Syntax
IBM Informix JDBC driver: com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver
Database URL: jdbc:informix-sqli://161.144.202.206:3000:
INFORMIXSERVER=stars
Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
JDBC driver: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver