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Re: Does Anybody Know ... ?

From: Scott Mattes <ScottMattes_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:37:06 GMT
Message-ID: <SzAk6.6638$hQ5.45277@skycache.prestige.net>

If C++ Builder is similar to Delphi the answer is yes. This answer is probably contingent on BDE being used to access the DBs.

I suggest asking in the Borland C++ Builder newsgroup for the definitive answer (go to www.borland.com and look for the link to the newsgroups).

"RBR" <ruddyr_at_home.com> wrote in message news:3a92cd50.15893173_at_News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> A collegue of mine ask me if it were possible to access the available
> database aliases in the user's environment and provide a pick-list for
> the user at logon time.
>
> He is writing an application with Borland C++ Builder and they have
> written a custom login screen. They have a requirement to be able to
> provide a list of possible DB aliases to the user. The user would
> select the desired alias and the application would attempt make the
> connection to the associated database.
>
> Apart from writing a routine to read the local tnsnames.ora file and
> list the aliases found there is there some other way of doing this?
>
> Regards.
>
> Rob
Received on Tue Feb 20 2001 - 14:37:06 CST

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