One of: ODBC CONNECT TO [<provider name>] OLEDB CONNECT TO [<provider name>] CUSTOM CONNECT TO [<provider name>] "<local absolute or relative path,UNC path >" "<URL>" Connection string. This parameter is mandatory and must be set when creating or modifying a connection.

Identifier of the connection. Is generated by the engine and is unique.

Information about the connection.

Is generated by the engine. Creation date of the connection or last modification date of the connection.

Name of the connection. This parameter is mandatory and must be set when creating or modifying a connection.

Password of the user who creates the connection. This parameter is optional; it is only used for OLEDB, ODBC and CUSTOM connections. A call to GetConnection method does not return the password.

One of: ODBC OLEDB <Name of the custom connection file> folder internet Type of the connection. This parameter is mandatory and must be set when creating or modifying a connection. For ODBC, OLEDB and custom connections, the engine checks that the connection type matches the connection string. The type is not case sensitive.

Name of the user who creates the connection. This parameter is optional; it is only used for OLEDB, ODBC and CUSTOM connections. A call to GetConnection method does not return the user name.