Connections

Three different types of connections allow Data Access to function:

The communication channel between the application and the DBMS, which is called an SQL Session: Communication Channel Between the Application and the DBMS.

The mapping of the data source to the Mapping the Data Source Table to Database Tables.

The connection between the data source and the Connecting Display Gadgets to a Data Source .

The connection procedures in this section are presented to help you understand the underlying concepts and as a reference section for future use. You should not attempt these procedures at this point, as you will be doing them in the following tutorial chapter.