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TSQLConnection

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An abstract class representing a connection to a SQL Database

Declaration

Source position: sqldb.pp line 185

type TSQLConnection = class(TDatabase)

public

  constructor Create(); override;

  

Create a new instance of TSQLConnection

  destructor Destroy; override;

  

Destroys the instance of the connection.

  procedure StartTransaction; override;

  

Start the Transaction associated with this Connection

  procedure EndTransaction; override;

  

End the Transaction associated with this connection

  procedure ExecuteDirect();

  

Execute a piece of SQL code directly, using a Transaction if specified

  function GetObjectNames(); virtual;

  

Return a collection of object names for a given type of object

  procedure GetTableNames(); virtual;

  

Get a list of the tables in the specified database

  procedure GetProcedureNames(); virtual;

  

Gets a list of Stored Procedures in the Database

  procedure GetFieldNames(); virtual;

  

Gets a list of the field names in the specified table

  procedure GetSchemaNames(); virtual;

  

Get database schema names

  procedure GetSequenceNames(); virtual;

  

Return a list of sequence names

  function GetConnectionInfo(); virtual;

  

Return some information about the connection

  function GetStatementInfo(); virtual;

  

Get statement information

  procedure CreateDB; virtual;

  

Create a new Database on the server

  procedure DropDB; virtual;

  

Procedure to drop or remove a Database

  function GetNextValue(); virtual;

  

Get next value for a sequence

  property ConnOptions: TConnOptions; [r]

  

The set of Connection options being used in the Connection

  property Handle: Pointer; [r]

  

Low level handle used by the connection.

  property FieldNameQuoteChars: TQuoteChars; [rw]

  

Characters used to quote field names.

published

  property Password: string; [rw]

  

Password used when authenticating on the database server

  property Transaction: TSQLTransaction; [rw]

  

Default transaction to be used for this connection

  property UserName: string; [rw]

  

The username for authentication on the database server

  property CharSet: string; [rw]

  

The character set to be used in this database

  property HostName: string; [rw]

  

The name of the host computer where the database resides

  property OnLog: TDBLogNotifyEvent; [rw]

  

Event handler for logging events

  property LogEvents: TDBEventTypes; [rw]

  

Filter for events to log

  property Options: TSQLConnectionOptions; [rw]

  

Options to observe for this connection.

  property Role: string; [rw]

  

Role in which the user is connecting to the database

  property Connected: Boolean;

  

Is a connection to the server active or not

  property DatabaseName: string;

  

The name of the database to which connection is required.

  property KeepConnection: Boolean;

  

Attempt to keep the connection open once it is established.

  property LoginPrompt: Boolean;

  

Should SQLDB prompt for user credentials when a connection is activated.

  property Params: TStrings;

  

Extra connection parameters

  property OnLogin: TLoginEvent;

  

Event handler for login process

end;

Inheritance

TSQLConnection

  

An abstract class representing a connection to a SQL Database

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TDatabase

  

Base class for connecting a FreePascal application to an external Database engine

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TCustomConnection

  

Abstract class for connections to a server

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TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

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TPersistent,IFPObserved

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TObject

Description

TSQLConnection is an abstract class for making a connection to a SQL Database. This class will never be instantiated directly, for each database type a descendent class specific for this database type must be created.

Most of common properties to SQL databases are implemented in this class.

See also

TSQLQuery

  

Class to handle SQL commands (with or without result set)

TSQLTransaction

  

Transaction in which a TSQLQuery is handled


Documentation generated on: May 14 2021