tinycobol/tcltk84/tk8.4/tclodbc2.3/samples/CONNECT.TCL

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#
# connect.tcl
#
# Demonstrate connecting to an existing database using both
# dsn and connection string
#
# Create the db, if not yet created, close connection immediately.
source createdb.tcl
db disconnect
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#
# subprocedures
#
proc output_db_data db {
set tables [$db tables]
puts "db:\t[lindex [lindex $tables 0] 0]"
puts -nonewline "tables:"
foreach i $tables {
puts \t[lindex $i 2]
}
}
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#
# Connect to an Access database using a connection string.
# Uses global variables $driver and $dbfile set in createdb.tcl.
#
# Note that connection string syntax is odbc driver dependent, and
# usually documented in driver's help file or other documentation.
# However, this is the only way to connect to a local database
# using its real file name instead of datasource name.
#
database db "DRIVER=$driver;DBQ=$dbfile"
output_db_data db
db disconnect
####################################################################
#
# Connect to a database using datasource name.
# Uses global variable $dsn set in createdb.tcl.
#
# This is the preferred method of connecting to a database,
# but requires datasource name to be set.
#
database db $dsn
output_db_data db
db disconnect