>>>>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 #
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>>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
Thank you!
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