Re: How to detect disconnect

From: Jeremy Collins (jd.collins_at_ntlworld-not.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:28:06 +0000

Bob Murdoch wrote:
> I'm using a TADOConnection to connect to an Oracle database over a dialup
> network connection. At times this dialup connection can drop. When this
> happens, the TADOConnection still shows connected (the OnDisconnect or
> OnAfterDisconnect events do not fire).
>
> The TIBDatabase from IB Express have a TestConnected method. Is there
> anything similar in ADO?

I suppose you could do a periodic ping (not the best idea in the
world), but AFAIK all you can do with this situation is handle the
exception gracefully when it happens. 

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jc
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