How to Change the Connection UserId Programmatically

SUMMARY

This article shows how to create a connection that can be used by several users, and it shows how to base a view on the connection. The view gets the user name and password without prompting for it.

To achieve this, set the userid and password properties of the connection programmatically as users log in. To modify the userid and password properties of a connection, the database (.dbc file) must be opened exclusively.

    CREATE CONNECTION myconnect ;
       DATASOURCE sqlsrvr ;
       USERID sa ;
       PASSWORD passwd
				

   ...=DBSetProp('myconnect','connection','userid','<newuserid>')
   ...=DBSetProp('myconnect','connection','password','<newpassword>')