C# Signature:

[DllImport("odbc32.dll",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
extern static short SQLAllocHandle(ushort HandleType, int InputHandle, out IntPtr OutputHandle);

VB Signature:

Private Declare Auto Function SQLAllocHandle Lib "odbc32.dll" (ByVal HandleType As Short, ByVal InputHandle As IntPtr, ByRef OutputHandle As IntPtr) As Short

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

HandleType can be one of four values:

public const ushort SQL_HANDLE_ENV = 1;
public const ushort SQL_HANDLE_DBC = 2;
public const ushort SQL_HANDLE_STMT = 3;
public const ushort SQL_HANDLE_DESC = 4;

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