[mssql.connect]

mssql.connect is a slot in the mssql namespace, in Hyperlambda, the language of Magic Cloud. Opens a SQL Server connection.

• Value (database-name,connection-string), optional: Optional DATABASE_NAME or [CONNECTION_STRING

  DATABASE_NAME] override

• Scope: provides mssql.connection - Creates an open SQL Server connection scope for mssql.* slots

Arguments

Required arguments come first, then the optional ones in the order they are declared.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
any node name	lambda	no	Executable child slot evaluated while the database connection is open. Can be repeated.

JSON declaration

This is the complete declaration of mssql.connect, as the running system describes it. It is also published as slot.json.

JSON declaration

{
  "name": "mssql.connect",
  "description": "Opens a SQL Server connection",
  "signature": {
    "input": {
      "kind": "database-name,connection-string",
      "description": "Optional DATABASE_NAME or [CONNECTION_STRING|DATABASE_NAME] override",
      "required": false,
      "mode": "ValueOrExpression"
    },
    "children": {
      "*": {
        "type": "lambda",
        "description": "Executable child slot evaluated while the database connection is open",
        "required": false,
        "mode": "ExecutableLambda",
        "cardinality": "ZeroOrMore",
        "role": "ExecutableBody",
        "evaluation": "EvalSelf",
        "projection": "Self"
      }
    },
    "scope": {
      "provides": "mssql.connection",
      "description": "Creates an open SQL Server connection scope for mssql.* slots"
    }
  }
}

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