SQLAllocConnect() - Allocate a connection handle

SQLAllocConnect() is a deprecated function and is replaced by SQLAllocHandle().

ODBC specifications for SQLAllocConnect()

Table 1. SQLAllocConnect() specifications
ODBC specification level In X/Open CLI CAE specification? In ISO CLI specification?
1.0 (Deprecated) Yes Yes

Syntax

SQLRETURN   SQLAllocConnect  (SQLHENV           henv,
                              SQLHDBC     FAR   *phdbc);

Function arguments

The following table lists the data type, use, and description for each argument in this function.

Table 2. SQLAllocConnect() arguments
Data type Argument Use Description
SQLHENV henv input Environment handle
SQLHDBC * phdbc output Pointer to a connection handle