Methods of Connecting to the Teradata Database - OLE DB Provider for Teradata

Methods of Connecting to the Teradata Database

Using OLE DB Provider for Teradata, a consumer can connect to a Teradata Database in three ways:

Connecting directly by setting the required properties, and then calling IDBInitialize::Initialize

Using the Teradata Connection dialog

Using the IDBPromptInitialize interface

PromptDataSource method

PromptFileName method

Each of these methods sets the three required properties for establishing a Teradata Database session:

User ID

Password

DBC Name

The following table shows the sources of the properties.

Table 2: Property Sources  

Method	Property Settings Supplied By
Direct connection	consumer
Login screen	User via logon screen
IDBPromptInitialize Interface	User via interface