DBCONNECT Function

Uses the EEL to connect directly to a relational database system and execute commands on that system as part of your expression code. DBCONNECT is a global function.

Category: Database

Syntax

DBCONNECT(<"connect_string">)

Required Arguments

returns

a DBCONNECTION object

"connect_string"

a string containing the name and path to connect to the database.

Optional Argument

share id

allows you to share connections between database and expression nodes. If the same share id is specified then it will cause any connection with that share id to use the same database connection.