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handle

handle

A unique integer value defined by the operating environment and used by a program to identify and switch to an object, such as a form or control.


When performing an operation, a handle provides addressibilty to structures created by the ODBC APIs used to store parameters, errors, and returned arguments. With the ODBC API, you can have environment, connection, and statement handles.

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