Name
ses_connect — Opens a TCP session and returns its handle.
Synopsis
session_handle
ses_connect
(
|
in
host_and_port
varchar
); |
Description
Requires dba privileges.
This function is used to establish a new TCP connection to the target host. It returns a special datatype which represents the session handle.
Parameters
host_and_port
The host and port number of the target host in the format <host>[:<port>]. If the optional port number defaults to 80 if not supplied.
Return Types
Returns a special internal datatype that represents the session handle. This session handle can be used in other session functions. Since this is an internal type it cannot be stored.