ODBC_SQLDrivers

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ODBC_SQLDrivers (direction; driverDescription; driverAttributes) Longint

ParameterTypeDescription
directionLongintDirection from which to retrieve the drivers
driverDescriptionTextDescription of the driver
driverAttributesTextList of driver attribute value pairs
Function resultLongintReturns the result of the MS ODBC API function
SQLDrivers

Description

The ODBC_SQLDrivers command lists driver descriptions and driver attribute keywords.

The direction parameter determines which driver in the Driver Manager list to retrieve and can be one of the following values:

ConstantDescription
SQL_FETCH_NEXTFetch the next driver description in the list
SQL_FETCH_FIRSTFetch from the beginning of the driver description list

driverDescription is the description of the driver, such as "SQL Server", "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)", and "Microsoft ODBC for Oracle".

driverAttributes returns the list of driver attribute pairs, such as "UsageCount", "SQLLevel", "FileUsage", "DirverODBCVer", "ConnectFunctions", "APILevel", "CPTimeout", and "FileExtns" along with their values, such as "UsageCount=2" and each pair is delimited by a Char(0).

For more information, please see the SQLDrivers function in the MS ODBC API at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odbc/htm/odbcsqldrivers.asp.

Function Results

SQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_NO_DATA, SQL_ERROR, or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE.

Example

The following method puts the driver description in one array and the driver's attribute value pairs into two-dimensional arrays:

   ARRAY TEXT(arDriverDesc;0)
   ARRAY TEXT(arAttrName;0;0)      `Two-dimensional arrays to store the attribute pairs
   ARRAY TEXT(arAttrValue;0;0)
   $result:=ODBC_SQLDrivers (SQL_FETCH_FIRST ;vDriverDesc;vDriverAttrPair)
   If ($result=SQL_SUCCESS )
      Repeat 
         APPEND TO ARRAY(arDriverDesc;vDriverDesc)
         $size:=Size of array(arDriverDesc)
         INSERT ELEMENT(arAttrName;$size)
         INSERT ELEMENT(arAttrValue;$size)
         ParseDriverAttributePairs (vDriverAttrPair;->arAttrName{$size};->arAttrValue{$size})
         $result:=ODBC_SQLDrivers (SQL_FETCH_NEXT ;vDriverDesc;vDriverAttrPair)
      Until ($result=SQL_NO_DATA )
   End if 

Here is the code for the ParseDriverAttributePairs method:

      ` Method: ParseDriverAttributePairs
      ` $1 : Text : Input text to parse
      ` $2 : Pointer : A text array to hold the names
      ` $3 : Pointer : A text array to hold the values

   C_TEXT($1;$input_t;$valuePair_t)
   C_POINTER($2;$3;$names_aptr;$values_aptr)
   C_LONGINT($position_i)
   $input_t:=$1
   $names_aptr:=$2
   $values_aptr:=$3
   ARRAY TEXT($names_aptr->;0)
   ARRAY TEXT($values_aptr->;0)
   Repeat 
      $position_i:=Position(Char(0);$input_t)
      If ($position_i>0)
         $valuePair_t:=Substring($input_t;1;$position_i)
         $input_t:=Substring($input_t;$position_i+1)
         $position_i:=Position("=";$valuePair_t)
         If ($position_i>0)
            APPEND TO ARRAY($names_aptr->;Substring($valuePair_t;1;$position_i-1))
            APPEND TO ARRAY($values_aptr->;Substring($valuePair_t;$position_i+1))
         End if 
      End if 
   Until ($position_i=0)

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