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password
ESQL elements and statements
Password for authentication of the connection. SQL verifies the password against a
corresponding user name before it connects to the database.
The value of the DH_PASSWD environment variable determines the default password.
Notes • Arguments to CONNECT must be either string literals enclosed in quotation marks or
character string host variables.
• An application can connect to more than one database at a time, with a maximum of 10
connections. However, the application can actually gain access to only one database at a
time. The database name specified in the CONNECT statement becomes the active one.
• If an application executes a SQL statement before connecting to a database, an attempt is
made to connect to the environment-defined database, if any. If the connection is
successful, the SQL statement is executed on that database.
Examples The following example illustrates the CONNECT statement:
Syntax
CONNECT TO "salesdb" AS "sales_conn";
CONNECT TO "progress:T:localhost:custdb" AS "cust_conn";
CONNECT TO DEFAULT;
• The first statement shown connects to the salesdb database on the local system.
• The second statement connects to the custdb database on the local system.
• The last statement connects to the environment-defined database by default.
Authorization
None
Related statements
DISCONNECT, SET CONNECTION
DECLARE CURSOR
Associates a cursor with a static query or a prepared dynamic query statement. The query or the
prepared statement can have references to host variables.
DECLARE cursor_name CURSOR FOR
{ query_expression [ ORDER BY clause ] [ FOR UPDATE clause ]
| prepared_statement_name
} ;
cursor_name
A name you assign to the cursor. The name must meet the requirements for an identifier.
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