>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>When my code tries to connect to the SQL server using the following code:
>>>

>>>cConnStr = "DRIVER = SQL Server;Server=ServerName;DATABASE=DbName;Name";UID=MyId;PWD=MyPass"
>>>lnConn = SQLSTRINGCONNECT(cConnStr)
>>>

>>>What happens is after some delay and if the server is down I get a dialog box pops up prompting me to change password, db name, etc.
>>>How can I modify the above SQLSTRINGCONNECT so that it - if fails - simply returns -1 without a dialog box?
>>>TIA
>>
>>See Re: SQL server connection error and popup window Thread #1563020 Message #1563028
>
>I don't understand something about SQLSETPROP(). From reading help and your example in the other thread, the SQLSETPROP() works on already established connection. So how can I use SQLSETPROP() before I call SQLSTRINGCONNECT()?

SQLSETPROP(0,) setting,
become the default for every new connection