ID: Q193135
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This article lists the intialization (ActiveX Data Objects [ADO] connection) properties that are available for the OLE DB Provider for SQL Server that is included with Visual Studio version 6.0, version 7.01.0502. While the Visual Studio documentation lists the initialization properties for the SQLOLEDB Provider, some of the property descriptions are incorrect and the documentation does not specify additional information such as the description names of the properties.
The name of the property is important for understanding what to use in an ADO connection string to set a property.
SQLOLEDB interprets OLE DB initialization and authorization properties as follows:
ADO Connection string name/PropertyID Description
-------------------------------------- -----------------------------
"Data Source" The SQL Server to connect to.
DBPROP_INIT_DATASOURCE
"Initial Catalog" The SQL Server database.
DBPROP_INIT_CATALOG
"Integrated Security" A string containing the name
DBPROP_AUTH_INTEGRATED of the authentication
service. The default value
for this is VT_EMPTY.
This can be set to "SSPI" or
to a null BSTR pointer for
Windows NT Integrated
security (Secured
Support Provider Interface).
If SQL security is desired,
the "Password" and "User ID"
properties should be set
instead.
"Locale Identifier" SQLOLEDB validates the locale
DBPROP_INIT_LCID ID and returns an error if
the locale ID is not
supported or is not installed
on the client computer.
"Password" The password assigned to a
DBPROP_AUTH_PASSWORD SQL Server login. This
property is used when SQL
Server Authentication Mode
is selected for authorizing
access to a SQL Server
database.
"Persist Security Info" SQLOLEDB persists
DBPROP_AUTH_PERSIST_SENSITIVE_AUTHINFO authentication values,
including an image of a
password, if requested to do
so. No encryption is
provided.
"Prompt" SQLOLEDB supports all
DBPROP_INIT_PROMPT prompting modes for data
source initialization.
SQLOLEDB uses
DBPROMPT_NOPROMPT
as its default
setting for the property.
DBPROMPT_PROMPT (1)
Always prompt the user for
intialization information.
DBPROMPT_COMPLETE (2)
Prompt the user only if more
information is needed.
DBPROMPT_COMPLETEREQUIRED (3)
Prompt the user only if more
information is needed. Do
not allow the user to enter
optional information.
DBPROMPT_NOPROMPT (4)
Do not prompt the user.
"User ID" A SQL Server login. This
DBPROP_AUTH_USERID property is used when SQL
Server Authentication
Mode is selected for
authorizing access to a SQL
Server database.
"Window Handle" A window handle from the
DBPROP_INIT_HWND calling application. A valid
window handle is required for
the initialization dialog box
displayed when prompting for
initialization properties is
allowed.
"Connect Timeout" SQLOLEDB returns an error on
DBPROP_INIT_TIMEOUT initialization if a
connection to the SQL Server
cannot be established within
the number of seconds
specified. Approximately ten
seconds is the lower limit.
ADO Connection String Name/PropertyID Description
------------------------------------- ------------------------------
"Application Name" The client application name.
SSPROP_INIT_APPNAME
Type: VT_BSTR
"Auto Translate" VARIANT_TRUE
SSPROP_INIT_AUTOTRANSLATE SQLOLEDB performs OEM/ANSI
Type: VT_BOOL character conversion when
multi-byte character strings
are retrieved from, or sent
to the SQL Server.
VARIANT_FALSE
SQLOLEDB does not perform
OEM/ANSI character conversion
on multi-byte character string
data.
"Current Languge" A SQL Server language name.
NOTE: Note the incorrect Identifies the language used
spelling. for system message selection
SSPROP_INIT_CURRENTLANGUAGE and formatting. The language
Type: VT_BSTR must be installed on the SQL
Server or data source
initialization fails.
"Network Address" The network address of the SQL
SSPROP_INIT_NETWORKADDRESS Server specified by the
Type: VT_BSTR DBPROP_INIT_DATASOURCE
property.
"Network Library" The name of the Net-Library
SSPROP_INIT_NETWORKLIBRARY (DLL) used to communicate with
Type: VT_BSTR the SQL Server. The name should
not include the path or the
.dll file name extension. The
default is provided by the SQL
Server client configuration.
"Packet Size" A network packet size in bytes.
SSPROP_INIT_PACKETSIZE The packet size property value
Type: VT_I4 must be between 512 and 32767.
The default SQLOLEDB network
packet size is 4096.
"Use Procedure for Prepare" SQL Server stored procedure
SSPROP_INIT_USEPROCFORPREP use. Defines the use of SQL
Type: VT_I4 Server temporary stored
procedures to support the
ICommandPrepare interface.
SSPROPVAL_USEPROCFORPREP_OFF (0)
A temporary stored procedure is
not created when a command is
prepared.
SSPROPVAL_USEPROCFORPREP_ON (1)
Default
A temporary stored procedure is
created when a command is
prepared. The temporary stored
procedures are dropped when the
session is released.
SSPROPVAL_ USEPROCFORPREP_ON_DROP (2)
A temporary stored procedure is
created when a command is
prepared. The procedure is
dropped when the command is
unprepared with
ICommandPrepare::Unprepare, or
when a new command is specified
for the command object with
ICommandText::SetCommandText, or
when all application references
to the command are released.
"Workstation ID" A string identifying the
SSPROP_INIT_WSID workstation.
Type: VT_BSTR
"Initial File Name" This property is for future use
SSPROP_INIT_FILENAME with SQL Server 7.0 database
Type: VT_BSTR files.
The Sqloledb.h header file is not available with Visual Studio 6.0 or the Data Access Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.0. However, you can obtain the file by using the link in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
ARTICLE-ID: Q190725
TITLE : FILE: SqlOleDb.h Not Installed by VC++ 6.0
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfoLast Reviewed: October 5, 1998