\wxheading{Remarks}
Default cursor scrolling is defined by wxODBC\_FWD\_ONLY\_CURSORS in setup.h
-when the wxWindows library is built. This behavior can be overridden when
+when the wxWidgets library is built. This behavior can be overridden when
an instance of a wxDb is created (see \helpref{wxDb constructor}{wxdbconstr}).
Default setting of this value true, as not all databases/drivers support
both types of cursors.
\func{const wxChar *}{wxDbLogExtendedErrorMsg}{\param{const wxChar *}{userText}, \param{wxDb *}{pDb}, \param{wxChar *}{ErrFile}, \param{int }{ErrLine}}
Writes a message to the wxLog window (stdout usually) when an internal
-error situation occurs. This function only works in DEBUG builds
+error situation occurs.
\func{bool}{wxDbSqlLog}{\param{wxDbSqlLogState }{state}, \param{const wxString \&}{filename = SQL\_LOG\_FILENAME}}
\helpref{Enumerated types}{wxdbenumeratedtypes} section of wxDb.
There are known issues with conformance to the ODBC standards with several
-datasources supported by the wxWindows ODBC classes. Please see the overview
+datasources supported by the wxWidgets ODBC classes. Please see the overview
for specific details on which datasource have which issues.
\wxheading{Return value}
\func{bool}{IsFwdOnlyCursors}{\void}
-Older form (pre-2.3/2.4 of wxWindows) of the
+Older form (pre-2.3/2.4 of wxWidgets) of the
\helpref{wxDb::IsFwdOnlyCursors}{wxdbisfwdonlycursors}. This method is
provided for backward compatibility only. The method
\helpref{wxDb::IsFwdOnlyCursors}{wxdbisfwdonlycursors} should be
\wxheading{Remarks}
-Added as of wxWindows v2.4 release, this function is a renamed version of
-wxDb::FwdOnlyCursors() to match the normal wxWindows naming conventions for
+Added as of wxWidgets v2.4 release, this function is a renamed version of
+wxDb::FwdOnlyCursors() to match the normal wxWidgets naming conventions for
class member functions.
This function is not available in versions prior to v2.4. You should
-use \helpref{wxDb::FwdOnlyCursors}{wxdbfwdonlycursors} for wxWindows
+use \helpref{wxDb::FwdOnlyCursors}{wxdbfwdonlycursors} for wxWidgets
versions prior to 2.4.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxDb::Open}\label{wxdbopen}
\func{bool}{Open}{\param{const wxString \&}{Dsn}, \param{const wxString \&}{Uid},
-\param{const wxString \&}{AuthStr}}
+\param{const wxString \&}{AuthStr}, \param{bool }{failOnDataTypeUnsupported}}
+
+\func{bool}{Open}{\param{const wxString \&}{inConnectStr},
+\param{bool }{failOnDataTypeUnsupported}}
+
+\func{bool}{Open}{\param{wxDbConnectInf *}{dbConnectInf},
+\param{bool }{failOnDataTypeUnsupported}}
\func{bool}{Open}{\param{wxDb *}{copyDb}}
objects and so on. Users and privileges are normally administered by the
database administrator.}
\docparam{AuthStr}{The password associated with the Uid.}
-\docparam{copyDb}{Already completely configured and opened datasource connection
-from which all Dsn, Uid, AuthStr, and data typing information is to be copied
-from for use by this datasource connection.}
+\docparam{failOnDataTypeUnsupporte}{As part of connecting to a database, the
+wxDb::Open() function will query the database to find out the native types
+that it supports. With some databases, some data types may not be supported,
+or not sufficiently supported, for use with the wxODBC classes. Normally
+a program should fail in this case, so as not to try to use a data type
+that is not supported. This parameter allows the programmer to override the
+failure if they wish and continue on using the connection.}
+\docparam{dbConnectInf}{Contains a DSN, Uid, Password, or a connection string
+to be used in opening a new connection to the database. If a connection
+string is present, then the connection string will be used. If there is no
+connection string present, then the DSN, Uid, and Password are used.}
+\docparam{inConnectStr}{A valid ODBC connection string used to connect to a
+database}
+\docparam{copyDb}{Already completely configured and opened datasource
+connection from which all Dsn, Uid, AuthStr, connection string, and data
+typing information is to be copied from for use by this datasource
+connection. If 'copyDb' used a connection string to create its connection
+originally, then the connection being made by this call to wxDb::Open() will
+use that same connection string.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{henv}{Environment handle used for this connection. See
+\docparam{henv}{Environment handle used for this connection. See\rtfsp
\helpref{wxDConnectInf::AllocHenv}{wxdbconnectinfallochenv} for how to create
an SQL environment handle. NOTE: Passing in a NULL for this parameter will
inform the constructor that it should create its own SQL environment handle.
-If NULL is passed for this parameter, the constructor will call
+If NULL is passed for this parameter, the constructor will call\rtfsp
\helpref{wxDConnectInf::AllocHenv}{wxdbconnectinfallochenv} internally. A
flag is set internally also to indicate that the HENV was created by the
constructor so that when the default class destructor is called, the
-destructor will call \helpref{wxDConnectInf::FreeHenv}{wxdbconnectinffreehenv}
+destructor will call \helpref{wxDConnectInf::FreeHenv}{wxdbconnectinffreehenv}\rtfsp
to free the environment handle automatically.}
\docparam{dsn}{Name of the datasource to be used in creating wxDb instances
for creating connection(s) to a datasource.}
Handles the default destruction of the instance of the class. If the long form
of the \helpref{wxDConnectInf}{wxdbconnectinf} was used, then this destructor
-also takes care of calling
+also takes care of calling\rtfsp
\helpref{wxDConnectInf::FreeHenv}{wxdbconnectinffreehenv} to free the
SQL environment handle.
\wxheading{Remarks}
-If the SQL environment handle was created using the long form of the
+If the SQL environment handle was created using the long form of the\rtfsp
\helpref{wxDbConnectInf}{wxdbconnectinf} constructor, then the flag indicating
that the HENV should be destroyed when the classes destructor is called
-is reset to be false, so that any future handles created using the
+is reset to be false, so that any future handles created using the\rtfsp
\helpref{wxDbConnectInf::AllocHenv}{wxdbconnectinfallochenv} function
must be manually released with a call to this function.
information about all tables in the datasource to have all the datasource's
information in one memory structure.
-Primarily, this class is used internally by the wxWindows ODBC classes.
+Primarily, this class is used internally by the wxWidgets ODBC classes.
\begin{verbatim}
wxChar catalog[128+1];
\wxheading{Remarks}
-NULL column support is currently not fully implemented as of wxWindows 2.4.
+NULL column support is currently not fully implemented as of wxWidgets 2.4.
\membersection{wxDbTable::IsCursorClosedOnCommit}\label{wxdbtableiscursorclosedoncommit}
constructs the insert statement that is to be used for inserting data as a new
row in the datasource.
+NOTE: To retrieve data into an opened table, the of the table must be bound
+to the variables in the program via call(s) to
+\helpref{wxDbTable::SetColDefs}{wxdbtablesetcoldefs} before calling Open().
+
+See the \helpref{database classes overview}{odbcoverview} for
+an introduction to using the ODBC classes.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{checkPrivileges}{Indicates whether the Open() function should check
\helpref{wxDb::TableExists}{wxdbtableexists},
\helpref{wxDb::TablePrivileges}{wxdbtableprivileges}
+\helpref{wxDbTable::SetColDefs}{wxdbtablesetcoldefs}
\membersection{wxDbTable::OrderBy}\label{wxdbtableorderby}
the wxDbTable object. The SELECT statement must return exactly
that many columns.
\item The columns must be returned in the same sequence as specified
-when defining the bounds columns using wxDbTable::SetColDefs(),
+when defining the bounds columns \helpref{wxDbTable::SetColDefs}{wxdbtablesetcoldefs},
and the columns returned must be of the proper data type. For
example, if column 3 is defined in the wxDbTable bound column
definitions to be a float, the SELECT statement must return a