It is the way to verify connection. If you need to verify connection when you create dbc programmatically, then you can use connectionhandle. Like:
*====================
store SQLSTRINGCONNECT(;
dbgetprop(connection_name,"connection","connectstring"));
TO gnConnHandle
if gnConnHandle >0
wait wind "Connection Established"
endif
sqldisc(0)
*--------------------


><< Can you verify that ConnectionHandle>0? >>
>
>I don't need to. I'm using Remote Views. Views handle all that. Only when using SPT is when you perform all that checking.