Section 2.0. Introduction Recipe 2.1. Connecting, Selecting a Database, and Disconnecting Recipe 2.2. Checking for Errors Recipe 2.3. Writing Library Files Recipe 2.4. Issuing Statements and Retrieving Results Recipe 2.5. Handling Special Characters and NULL Values in Statements Recipe 2.6. Handling Special Characters in Identifiers Recipe 2.7. Identifying NULL Values in Result Sets Recipe 2.8. Techniques for Obtaining Connection Parameters Recipe 2.9. Conclusion and Words of Advice |