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--- v5:reference:connection:connect [2016/01/16 23:07] – ↷ Page moved from v5:reference:connect to v5:reference:connection:connect mnewnham
+++ v5:reference:connection:connect [2022/02/12 18:14] – [Description] use of setConnectionParameter() dregad
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 </WRAP>
 ===== Description =====
-The essential function ''connect()'' establishes a connection to a database using the provided parameters. The traditional description of the connection parameters is as follows:
+The essential function ''connect()'' establishes a connection to a database using the provided parameters.
+Since ADOdb 5.21,0, some database drivers support the use of [[v5:reference:connection:setconnectionparameter|setConnectionParameter()]], which should be called before connect() to pass extra, database-specific parameters to the connect statement.
+The traditional description of the connection parameters is as follows:
 -------------------------------------
 ^ Parameter 1  ^ Parameter 2  ^ Parameter 3  ^ Parameter 4  ^
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 /*
  *  Example using MySQL
-*/
+ */
 include 'adodb.inc.php';
 /*
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  * Make a connection to a database on the local machine
  */
-$db->connect('','user','password'.'employees');
+$db->connect('', 'user', 'password', 'employees');
-/*
- *
- */
 </code>