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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>maxdb_options</refname>
  <refname>maxdb->options</refname>
  <refpurpose>Set options</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>Procedural style:</para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>maxdb_options</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>option</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>Object oriented style (method)</para>
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>maxdb</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>bool</type>
    <methodname>options</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>option</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>maxdb_options</function> can be used to set extra connect options
   and affect behavior for a connection.
  </para>
  <para>
   This function may be called multiple times to set several options.
  </para>
  <para>
   <function>maxdb_options</function> should be called after <function>maxdb_init</function>
   and before <function>maxdb_real_connect</function>.
  </para>
  <para>
   The parameter <parameter>option</parameter> is the option that you want to set,
   the <parameter>value</parameter> is the value for the option. For detailed
   description of the options see <link xlink:href="&url.maxdb.doc;">&url.maxdb.doc;</link>
   The parameter <parameter>option</parameter> can be one of the following values:
   <table>
    <title>Valid options</title>
    <tgroup cols='2'>
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>Name</entry>
       <entry>Description</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_COMPNAME</constant></entry>
       <entry>The component name used to initialise the SQLDBC runtime environment.</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_APPLICATION</constant></entry>
       <entry>The application to be connected to the database.</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_APPVERSION</constant></entry>
       <entry>The version of the application.</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_SQLMODE</constant></entry>
       <entry>
        The SQL mode.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_UNICODE</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         TRUE, if the connection is an unicode (UCS2) client or FALSE, if not.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_TIMEOUT</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         The maximum allowed time of inactivity after which the connection to the
         database is closed by the system.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_ISOLATIONLEVEL</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         Specifies whether and how shared locks and exclusive locks are implicitly
         requested or released.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_PACKETCOUNT</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         The number of different request packets used for the connection.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_STATEMENTCACHESIZE</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         The number of prepared statements to be cached for the connection for re-use.
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><constant>MAXDB_CURSORPREFIX</constant></entry>
       <entry>
         The prefix to use for result tables that are automatically named.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </table>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   See <function>maxdb_real_connect</function>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>maxdb_init</function></member>
    <member><function>maxdb_real_connect</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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