InitDatabase()

Syntax

Result = InitDatabase()

Initialize the database environment for future use. It try to load the ODBC library and allocate the needed ressources. If the result is 0, then ODBC is not available or too old (ODBC 3.0 or better is needed) and all Database functions call must be disable.

For further database programming you need to open a database with OpenDatabase() or choose one for opening with OpenDatabaseRequester().

Possibly its needed to examine with ExamineDatabaseDrivers() the available database drivers first.

Supported OS

Windows, Linux, MacOS X