SET CONNECTION statement

Use the SET CONNECTION statement to reestablish a connection between an application and a database environment and to make the connection current. You can also use this statement with the DORMANT option to put the current connection in a dormant state. Use this statement with Informix® ESQL/C.

Syntax

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>>-SET CONNECTION----------------------------------------------->

>--+-+-'connection '----------------------+--+---------------+-+-><
   | |  (1)                               |  |  (1)          | |   
   | +-------connection_var---------------+  '-------DORMANT-' |   
   | |  (1)                           (2) |                    |   
   | +-------| Database Environment |-----+                    |   
   | '-DEFAULT----------------------------'                    |   
   |  (1)                                                      |   
   '-------CURRENT DORMANT-------------------------------------'   

Notes:
  1. Informix extension
  2. See Database Environment
Element Description Restrictions Syntax
connection Name of the initial connection that the CONNECT statement made The database must already exist Quoted String
connection_var Host variable that contains the value of connection Must be a character data type Language specific

Usage

You can use SET CONNECTION to make a dormant connection the current connection or to make the current connection dormant.

SET CONNECTION is not valid as a prepared statement.