.. _dpiCommonCreateParams:
ODPI-C Structure dpiCommonCreateParams
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This structure is used for creating session pools and standalone connections to
the database. All members are initialized to default values using the
:func:`dpiContext_initCommonCreateParams()` function.
.. member:: dpiCreateMode dpiCommonCreateParams.createMode
Specifies the mode used for creating connections. It is expected to be
one or more of the values from the enumeration
:ref:`dpiCreateMode<dpiCreateMode>`, OR'ed together. The default value is
DPI_MODE_CREATE_DEFAULT.
.. member:: const char \* dpiCommonCreateParams.encoding
Specifies the encoding to use for CHAR data, as a null-terminated ASCII
string. Either an IANA or Oracle specific character set name is expected.
NULL is also acceptable which implies the use of the NLS_LANG environment
variable (or ASCII, if the NLS_LANG environment variable is not set).
The default value is NULL.
.. member:: const char \* dpiCommonCreateParams.nencoding
Specifies the encoding to use for NCHAR data, as a null-terminated ASCII
string. Either an IANA or Oracle specific character set name is expected.
NULL is also acceptable which implies the use of the NLS_NCHAR environment
variable (or the same value as the :member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.encoding`
member if the NLS_NCHAR environment variable is not set). The default value
is NULL.
.. member:: const char \* dpiCommonCreateParams.edition
Specifies the edition to be used when creating a standalone connection. It
is expected to be NULL (meaning that no edition is set) or a byte string in
the encoding specified by the :member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.encoding`
member. The default value is NULL.
.. member:: uint32_t dpiCommonCreateParams.editionLength
Specifies the length of the :member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.edition` member,
in bytes. The default value is 0.
.. member:: const char \* dpiCommonCreateParams.driverName
Specifies the name of the driver that is being used. It is expected to be
NULL or a byte string in the encoding specified by the
:member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.encoding` member. The default value is NULL.
The standard is to set :member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.driverName`
to ``"<name> : <version>"``, where <name> is the name of the
driver and <version> is its version. There should be a single
space character before and after the colon.
This value is shown in database views that give information about
connections. For example, it is in the ``CLIENT_DRIVER`` column
of ``V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO``. If
:member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.driverName` is NULL, then the
database views will show the value of ``DPI_DEFAULT_DRIVER_NAME``
from `dpi.h
<https://github.com/oracle/odpi/blob/master/include/dpi.h>`__.
.. member:: uint32_t dpiCommonCreateParams.driverNameLength
Specifies the length of the :member:`dpiCommonCreateParams.driverName`
member, in bytes. The default value is 0.