syntax:

database.connected()

return:

boolean - true if the Database object is currently connected to a data source, false otherwise.

description:

This method returns true if the Database object is currently connected to a database. If connected returns false, reconnect the database before performing any further database actions, otherwise the actions will result in errors.

see:

#link <sedbc>, Database connect(), Database disconnect()

example:

// This example first checks to see

// if the database is

// connected to a data source.  If not,

// it connects it to the

// database named "CLIENTS" using

// the username "ADMIN" and the

// password "admin-password"

if (!db.connected())

  err = db.connect( "ODBC", "CLIENTS",

                    "ADMIN", "admin-passwd" );