SQLGetConnectAttr function (CLI) - Get current attribute setting

Returns the current setting of a connection attribute.

Specification:

  • CLI 5.0
  • ODBC 3.0
  • ISO CLI
Unicode equivalent: This function can also be used with the Unicode character set. The corresponding Unicode function is SQLGetConnectAttrW(). See Unicode functions (CLI) for information about ANSI to Unicode function mappings.

Syntax

SQLRETURN   SQLGetConnectAttr(SQLHDBC           ConnectionHandle,
                              SQLINTEGER        Attribute,
                              SQLPOINTER        ValuePtr,
                              SQLINTEGER        BufferLength,
                              SQLINTEGER        *StringLengthPtr);

Function arguments

Table 1. SQLGetConnectAttr arguments
Data type Argument Use Description
SQLHDBC ConnectionHandle input Connection handle.
SQLINTEGER Attribute input Attribute to retrieve.
SQLPOINTER ValuePtr output A pointer to memory in which to return the current value of the attribute specified by Attribute.
SQLINTEGER BufferLength input
  • If ValuePtr points to a character string, this argument should be the length of *ValuePtr.
  • If ValuePtr is a pointer, but not to a string, then BufferLength should have the value SQL_IS_POINTER.
  • If the value in *ValuePtr is a Unicode string the BufferLength argument must be an even number.
SQLINTEGER * StringLengthPtr output A pointer to a buffer in which to return the total number of bytes (excluding the null-termination character) available to return in *ValuePtr. If ValuePtr is a null pointer, no length is returned. If the attribute value is a character string, and the number of bytes available to return is greater than BufferLength minus the length of the null-termination character, the data in *ValuePtr is truncated to BufferLength minus the length of the null-termination character and is null-terminated by CLI.

Usage

If Attribute specifies an attribute that returns a string, ValuePtr must be a pointer to a buffer for the string. The maximum length of the string, including the null termination character, will be BufferLength bytes.

Depending on the attribute, an application does not need to establish a connection before calling SQLGetConnectAttr(). However, if SQLGetConnectAttr() is called and the specified attribute does not have a default and has not been set by a prior call to SQLSetConnectAttr(), SQLGetConnectAttr() will return SQL_NO_DATA.

If Attribute is SQL_ATTR_TRACE or SQL_ATTR_TRACEFILE, ConnectionHandle does not have to be valid, and SQLGetConnectAttr() will not return SQL_ERROR if ConnectionHandle is invalid. These attributes apply to all connections. SQLGetConnectAttr() will return SQL_ERROR if another argument is invalid.

While an application can set statement attributes using SQLSetConnectAttr(), an application cannot use SQLGetConnectAttr() to retrieve statement attribute values; it must call SQLGetStmtAttr() to retrieve the setting of statement attributes.

The SQL_ATTR_AUTO_IPD connection attribute can be returned by a call to SQLGetConnectAttr(), but cannot be set by a call to SQLSetConnectAttr().

Return codes

  • SQL_SUCCESS
  • SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO
  • SQL_NO_DATA
  • SQL_ERROR
  • SQL_INVALID_HANDLE

Diagnostics

Table 2. SQLGetConnectAttr SQLSTATEs
SQLSTATE Description Explanation
01000 Warning. Informational message. (Function returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.)
01004 Data truncated. The data returned in *ValuePtr was truncated to be BufferLength minus the length of a null termination character. The length of the untruncated string value is returned in *StringLengthPtr. (Function returns SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO.)
08003 Connection is closed. An Attribute value was specified that required an open connection.
HY000 General error. An error occurred for which there was no specific SQLSTATE. The error message returned by SQLGetDiagRec() in the *MessageText buffer describes the error and its cause.
HY001 Memory allocation failure. Db2® CLI is unable to allocate memory required to support execution or completion of the function. It is likely that process-level memory has been exhausted for the application process. Consult the operating system configuration for information about process-level memory limitations.
HY010 Function sequence error. SQLBrowseConnect() was called for the ConnectionHandle and returned SQL_NEED_DATA. This function was called before SQLBrowseConnect() returned SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO or SQL_SUCCESS.
HY090 Invalid string or buffer length. The value specified for the argument BufferLength was less than 0.
HY092 Option type out of range. The value specified for the argument Attribute was not valid.
HYC00 Driver not capable. The value specified for the argument Attribute was a valid connection or statement attribute for the version of the CLI driver, but was not supported by the data source.

Restrictions

None.

Example

  SQLINTEGER autocommit;

  /* ... */
  
  /* get the current setting for the AUTOCOMMIT attribute */
  cliRC = SQLGetConnectAttr(hdbc, SQL_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, &autocommit, 0, NULL);