-// There does not seem to be a standard for this, so I am
-// defaulting to the value that MS uses
-#define SQL_MAX_AUTHSTR_LEN MAXNAME
+ // There does not seem to be a standard for this, so I am
+ // defaulting to the value that MS uses
+ #define SQL_MAX_AUTHSTR_LEN MAXNAME
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SQL_MAX_CONNECTSTR_LEN
+ // There does not seem to be a standard for this, so I am
+ // defaulting to the value that MS recommends
+ #define SQL_MAX_CONNECTSTR_LEN 1024