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20.1.6.1. Connector/ODBC API Reference

This section summarizes ODBC routines, categorized by functionality.

For the complete ODBC API reference, please refer to the ODBC Programmer's Reference at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714177.aspx.

An application can call SQLGetInfo function to obtain conformance information about Connector/ODBC. To obtain information about support for a specific function in the driver, an application can call SQLGetFunctions.

Note

For backward compatibility, the Connector/ODBC 3.51 driver supports all deprecated functions.

The following tables list Connector/ODBC API calls grouped by task:

Connecting to a data source

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLAllocHandle Yes ISO 92 Obtains an environment, connection, statement, or descriptor handle.
SQLConnect Yes ISO 92 Connects to a specific driver by data source name, user ID, and password.
SQLDriverConnect Yes ODBC Connects to a specific driver by connection string or requests that the Driver Manager and driver display connection dialog boxes for the user.
SQLAllocEnv Yes Deprecated Obtains an environment handle allocated from driver.
SQLAllocConnect Yes Deprecated Obtains a connection handle

Obtaining information about a driver and data source

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLDataSources No ISO 92 Returns the list of available data sources, handled by the Driver Manager
SQLDrivers No ODBC Returns the list of installed drivers and their attributes, handles by Driver Manager
SQLGetInfo Yes ISO 92 Returns information about a specific driver and data source.
SQLGetFunctions Yes ISO 92 Returns supported driver functions.
SQLGetTypeInfo Yes ISO 92 Returns information about supported data types.

Setting and retrieving driver attributes

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLSetConnectAttr Yes ISO 92 Sets a connection attribute.
SQLGetConnectAttr Yes ISO 92 Returns the value of a connection attribute.
SQLSetConnectOption Yes Deprecated Sets a connection option
SQLGetConnectOption Yes Deprecated Returns the value of a connection option
SQLSetEnvAttr Yes ISO 92 Sets an environment attribute.
SQLGetEnvAttr Yes ISO 92 Returns the value of an environment attribute.
SQLSetStmtAttr Yes ISO 92 Sets a statement attribute.
SQLGetStmtAttr Yes ISO 92 Returns the value of a statement attribute.
SQLSetStmtOption Yes Deprecated Sets a statement option
SQLGetStmtOption Yes Deprecated Returns the value of a statement option

Preparing SQL requests

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLAllocStmt Yes Deprecated Allocates a statement handle
SQLPrepare Yes ISO 92 Prepares an SQL statement for later execution.
SQLBindParameter Yes ODBC Assigns storage for a parameter in an SQL statement.
SQLGetCursorName Yes ISO 92 Returns the cursor name associated with a statement handle.
SQLSetCursorName Yes ISO 92 Specifies a cursor name.
SQLSetScrollOptions Yes ODBC Sets options that control cursor behavior.

Submitting requests

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLExecute Yes ISO 92 Executes a prepared statement.
SQLExecDirect Yes ISO 92 Executes a statement
SQLNativeSql Yes ODBC Returns the text of an SQL statement as translated by the driver.
SQLDescribeParam Yes ODBC Returns the description for a specific parameter in a statement.
SQLNumParams Yes ISO 92 Returns the number of parameters in a statement.
SQLParamData Yes ISO 92 Used in conjunction with SQLPutData to supply parameter data at execution time. (Useful for long data values.)
SQLPutData Yes ISO 92 Sends part or all of a data value for a parameter. (Useful for long data values.)

Retrieving results and information about results

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLRowCount Yes ISO 92 Returns the number of rows affected by an insert, update, or delete request.
SQLNumResultCols Yes ISO 92 Returns the number of columns in the result set.
SQLDescribeCol Yes ISO 92 Describes a column in the result set.
SQLColAttribute Yes ISO 92 Describes attributes of a column in the result set.
SQLColAttributes Yes Deprecated Describes attributes of a column in the result set.
SQLFetch Yes ISO 92 Returns multiple result rows.
SQLFetchScroll Yes ISO 92 Returns scrollable result rows.
SQLExtendedFetch Yes Deprecated Returns scrollable result rows.
SQLSetPos Yes ODBC Positions a cursor within a fetched block of data and allows an application to refresh data in the rowset or to update or delete data in the result set.
SQLBulkOperations Yes ODBC Performs bulk insertions and bulk bookmark operations, including update, delete, and fetch by bookmark.

Retrieving error or diagnostic information

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLError Yes Deprecated Returns additional error or status information
SQLGetDiagField Yes ISO 92 Returns additional diagnostic information (a single field of the diagnostic data structure).
SQLGetDiagRec Yes ISO 92 Returns additional diagnostic information (multiple fields of the diagnostic data structure).

Obtaining information about the data source's system tables (catalog functions) item

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLColumnPrivileges Yes ODBC Returns a list of columns and associated privileges for one or more tables.
SQLColumns Yes X/Open Returns the list of column names in specified tables.
SQLForeignKeys Yes ODBC Returns a list of column names that make up foreign keys, if they exist for a specified table.
SQLPrimaryKeys Yes ODBC Returns the list of column names that make up the primary key for a table.
SQLSpecialColumns Yes X/Open Returns information about the optimal set of columns that uniquely identifies a row in a specified table, or the columns that are automatically updated when any value in the row is updated by a transaction.
SQLStatistics Yes ISO 92 Returns statistics about a single table and the list of indexes associated with the table.
SQLTablePrivileges Yes ODBC Returns a list of tables and the privileges associated with each table.
SQLTables Yes X/Open Returns the list of table names stored in a specific data source.

Performing transactions

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLTransact Yes Deprecated Commits or rolls back a transaction
SQLEndTran Yes ISO 92 Commits or rolls back a transaction.

Terminating a statement

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLFreeStmt Yes ISO 92 Ends statement processing, discards pending results, and, optionally, frees all resources associated with the statement handle.
SQLCloseCursor Yes ISO 92 Closes a cursor that has been opened on a statement handle.
SQLCancel Yes ISO 92 Cancels an SQL statement.

Terminating a connection

Function name C/ODBC 3.51 Standard Purpose
SQLDisconnect Yes ISO 92 Closes the connection.
SQLFreeHandle Yes ISO 92 Releases an environment, connection, statement, or descriptor handle.
SQLFreeConnect Yes Deprecated Releases connection handle
SQLFreeEnv Yes Deprecated Releases an environment handle