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Contents 1 Database Parameters ............................................................................................ 1 1.1 Database parameters and supported database interfaces .......................... 1 1.1.1 ADORelease ...................................................................................... 8 1.1.2 AppDriverName ................................................................................. 9 1.1.3 AppName ......................................................................................... 10 1.1.4 Async ............................................................................................... 11 1.1.5 BindSPInput ..................................................................................... 14 1.1.6 BinTxtBlob ........................................................................................ 16 1.1.7 Block (ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle, and SNC) ..................................... 17 1.1.8 Block (DirectConnect and Adaptive Server Enterprise) ................... 20 1.1.9 CacheAuthentication ........................................................................ 21 1.1.10 CacheName (obsolete) .................................................................. 22 1.1.11 CallEscape ..................................................................................... 23 1.1.12 CharSet .......................................................................................... 24 1.1.13 Client_Locale ................................................................................. 25 1.1.14 CnnPool ......................................................................................... 27 1.1.15 CommandTimeout ......................................................................... 28 1.1.16 CommitOnDisconnect .................................................................... 29 1.1.17 ConnectAs ..................................................................................... 30 1.1.18 ConnectOption ............................................................................... 32 1.1.19 ConnectString ................................................................................ 36 1.1.20 CSIncr ............................................................................................ 37 1.1.21 CSMax ........................................................................................... 38 1.1.22 CSMin ............................................................................................ 39 1.1.23 CursorLib ....................................................................................... 40 1.1.24 CursorLock ..................................................................................... 41 1.1.25 CursorScroll ................................................................................... 42 1.1.26 CursorType .................................................................................... 44 1.1.27 CursorUpdate ................................................................................. 45 1.1.28 Database ........................................................................................ 47 1.1.29 DataLink ......................................................................................... 47 1.1.30 DataSource .................................................................................... 48 1.1.31 Date ............................................................................................... 50 1.1.32 DateFormat .................................................................................... 52 1.1.33 DateTime ....................................................................................... 54 1.1.34 DateTimeAllowed ........................................................................... 56 1.1.35 DateTimeFormat ............................................................................ 58 1.1.36 DBConfigSection ............................................................................ 60 1.1.37 DBGetTime .................................................................................... 62 1.1.38 Db_Locale ...................................................................................... 63 1.1.39 DBTextLimit ................................................................................... 64 1.1.40 DecimalSeparator .......................................................................... 65 1.1.41 DefaultProcOwner .......................................................................... 67 1.1.42 DelimitIdentifier .............................................................................. 68 1.1.43 DelimitIdentifierToDB ..................................................................... 70 1.1.44 DisableBind .................................................................................... 71 1.1.45 Driver ............................................................................................. 74 1.1.46 DS_Alias ........................................................................................ 75 1.1.47 DS_Copy ........................................................................................ 77 1.1.48 DS_DitBase ................................................................................... 79 1.1.49 DS_Failover ................................................................................... 82 1.1.50 DS_Password ................................................................................ 85 1.1.51 DS_Principal .................................................................................. 86 1.1.52 DS_Provider ................................................................................... 88 1.1.53 DS_TimeLimit ................................................................................ 90 1.1.54 Encrypt ........................................................................................... 92 1.1.55 EncryptionPass .............................................................................. 93 1.1.56 EncryptPassword ........................................................................... 94 1.1.57 FailoverPartner .............................................................................. 95 1.1.58 FoDelay .......................................................................................... 96 1.1.59 FoDialog ......................................................................................... 97 1.1.60 FoRetryCount ................................................................................. 98 1.1.61 FormatArgsAsExp .......................................................................... 99 1.1.62 GenerateEqualsNull ..................................................................... 101 1.1.63 GetConnectionOption (obsolete) ................................................. 102 1.1.64 HANotification .............................................................................. 103 1.1.65 HighSeverityError ......................................................................... 104 1.1.66 Hint ............................................................................................... 105 1.1.67 Host .............................................................................................. 106 1.1.68 HostReqOwner ............................................................................ 108 1.1.69 IdentifierQuoteChar ...................................................................... 109 1.1.70 Identity ......................................................................................... 110 1.1.71 ImpersonationLevel ...................................................................... 112 1.1.72 INET_DBPATH ............................................................................ 113 1.1.73 INET_PROTOCOL ......................................................................