Database Directory

Advantage ODBC Driver

For free connections, a directory must be selected as the Database or Data Dictionary Path for the Advantage ODBC Driver to reference (e.g., x:\data). All free tables in the directory will be available to the driver.

By specifying a directory as the Database or Data Dictionary Path for free connections, this implies that the directory is a database. When referencing information about databases using the Advantage ODBC Driver for free connections, you may substitute directory for the references to database.

Tables can be in different directories than the Database or Data Dictionary Path directory for free connections by giving a fully-qualified path (either UNC or path with a drive letter) for a table name. The USE statement can be used to change the default database directory for free connections.

For database connections, it should be a valid path name including the Advantage Data Dictionary file name (e.g., x:\database\mydictionary.add).