Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro
An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of Visual FoxPro.
Sys(3053)
This one is only for those brave souls who’ve mastered the mysteries of ODBC (OPEN DATABASE Connectivity, Microsoft’s contribution to the client-server world). It opens a connection to ODBC and returns the handle to that connection. The handle can then be used in calls to the ODBC API (Application Programming Interface).
Usage
nODBCHandle = SYS(3053)
We don’t know too many people who make direct calls to ODBC. Unless you’ve paid your dues with the ODBC SDK (boy, Microsoft really is into three- and four-letter acronyms, isn’t it?), we suggest you don’t do this.
Example
nHandle = SYS(3053)