Connecting to a Data Source or Driver

An application can be connected to any number of drivers and data sources. These can be a variety of drivers and data sources, the same driver and a variety of data sources, or even multiple connections to the same driver and data source.

This section contains the following topics.

• Allocating the Environment Handle

• Declaring the Application's ODBC Version

• Choosing a Data Source or Driver

• Allocating a Connection Handle

• Connection Attributes

• Establishing a Connection

• Driver Manager Connection Pooling

• Disconnecting from a Data Source or Driver

• The Driver Manager's Role in the Connection Process