Initializing and Uninitializing the Data Source Object

The IDBInitialize interface contains two methods: Initialize and Uninitialize.

Initialize enables consumers to explicitly initialize a data source object. Consumers must set properties on the data source object before attempting to initialize it; and consumers must supply a valid datasource name to the database in IDBProperties::SetProperties. If the datasource is invalid, the OpenLink provider returns an E_FAIL error on initialization.

Uninitialize enables consumers to return the data source object to an uninitialized state. It is an error to call IDBInitialize::Uninitialize when there are open sessions or rowsets on the data source object.