Connection and Initialisation

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DATABASE — The super-type of all CLSQL databases

*CONNECT-IF-EXISTS* — Default value for the if-exists parameter of connect.

*DB-POOL-MAX-FREE-CONNECTIONS* — How many free connections should the connection pool try to keep.

*DEFAULT-DATABASE* — The default database object to use.

*DEFAULT-DATABASE-TYPE* — The default database type to use

*INITIALIZED-DATABASE-TYPES* — List of all initialized database types

CONNECT — create a connection to a database.

CONNECTED-DATABASES — Return the list of active database objects.

DATABASE-NAME — Get the name of a database object

DATABASE-NAME-FROM-SPEC — Return the database name string corresponding to the given connection specification.

DATABASE-TYPE — Get the type of a database object.

DISCONNECT — close a database connection

DISCONNECT-POOLED — closes all pooled database connections

FIND-DATABASE — >Locate a database object through it's name.

INITIALIZE-DATABASE-TYPE — Initializes a database type

RECONNECT — Re-establishes the connection between a database object and its RDBMS.

STATUS — Print information about connected databases.

CREATE-DATABASE — create a database

DESTROY-DATABASE — destroys a database

PROBE-DATABASE — tests for existence of a database

LIST-DATABASES — List databases matching the supplied connection spec and database type.

WITH-DATABASE — Execute a body of code with a variable bound to a specified database object.

WITH-DEFAULT-DATABASE — Execute a body of code with *default-database* bound to a specified database.