DatabaseDesc Object

The DatabaseDesc object provides information about a particular database.

If you already know which database to log on to, you do not need to obtain a DatabaseDesc object to log on to the database. However, suppose that you want to have a logon window that presents to the user a list of the available databases. You can call the Session object's GetAccessibleDatabases method, which returns a list of DatabaseDesc objects.

When you have a DatabaseDesc object, you can:

• Find the name of a particular database by using the GetDatabaseName method.
• Find the name of the database set of which the database is a member by using the GetDatabaseSetName method.
• Get a "direct connect" string by using the GetDatabaseConnectString (ODBC experts can use this string to log on to the database) method.

You can also use a DatabaseDesc object inside a hook. In this case, you would call the Session object's GetSessionDatabase method to retrieve the DatabaseDesc object that has information about the current database.