Access™ 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

E.1. Connection Object

The Connection object represents a unique session with a data source. The Connection object has collections, methods, and properties associated with it. The availability of these collections, methods, and properties is dependent on the functionality supported by the provider.

E.1.1. Properties of the Connection Object

The following table describes each of the properties of the Connection object.

Property	DataType	Description
Attributes	Long	Generic property indicating one or more characteristics of the connection object.
CommandTimeout	Long	Configures the timeout value for the Execute method on the Connection object.
ConnectionString	String	The default property value. Specifies a data source. Pass in a connection string containing a series of argument = value statements separated by semicolons.
ConnectionTimeout	Long	Indicates how long to wait while establishing a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
CursorLocation	Long	Allows the developer to choose between various cursor locations (usually either client or server).
DefaultDatabase	String	Sets or returns a string that resolves to the name of a database available from the provider.
IsolationLevel	Long	Sets or returns an IsolationLevelEnum value. The default is adXactReadCommitted.
Mode	Long	Indicates the level of permissions available for modifying data in a connection, record, or stream object.
Provider	String	Sets or returns a string value representing the provider name. If no provider is specified, ...