INFO: How to Enable Connection Pooling in an ODBC Application

   #include <windows.h>
   #include <stdio.h>
   #include <sql.h>
   #include <sqlext.h>

   void main()
   {
   SQLHENV   henv;
   SQLHDBC   hdbc;
   int       i=0;

   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLSetEnvAttr(
      NULL,  // make process level cursor pooling
      SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_POOLING,
      (SQLPOINTER)SQL_CP_ONE_PER_DRIVER,
      SQL_IS_INTEGER)))
   printf("SQLSetEnvAttr/SQL_ATTR_CONNECTION_POOLING error\n");

   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, NULL, &henv)))
      printf("SQLAllocHandle error\n");

   // set the ODBC behavior version.
   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION,
   (SQLPOINTER) SQL_OV_ODBC2, SQL_IS_INTEGER)))
      printf("SQLSetEnvAttr/SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION error\n");

   //set the matching condition for using an existing connection in the
   pool
   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_CP_MATCH,
   (SQLPOINTER) SQL_CP_RELAXED_MATCH, SQL_IS_INTEGER)))
   printf("SQLSetEnvAttr/SQL_ATTR_CP_MATCH error\n");

while (i < 10) {
   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC,
      henv, &hdbc)))
      printf("SQLAllocHandle error\n");
      if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLConnect(hdbc,
   (unsigned char*)"testing\0", SQL_NTS,
      (unsigned char*)"sa\0", SQL_NTS,
   (unsigned char*)"\0", SQL_NTS)))
      printf("SQLConnect error\n");
   else
      printf("Connect successfully %d times\n", i);
   //the first time, the application calls SQLDisconenct, it will return
                 //the connection to the //pool
   SQLDisconnect(hdbc);

   if (!SQL_SUCCEEDED(SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, hdbc)))
      printf("SQLFreeHandle error\n");
   i++;
   }
   SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, henv);
   }