## Method connect

### Use

connect is a method of the sdb.dbapi module.

You use this method to open a database session.

### Prerequisites

The database instance is in the ONLINE operational state.

### Features

connect (user, password, database, host ='', **config)

user | Name of the database user
password | Password of the database user Note that the password is case-sensitive. See Concepts of the Database System, Conventions for User Names and Passwords
config | ● autocommit on | off AUTOCOMMIT mode ● sqlmode internal | oracle SQL mode ● isolation 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 Isolation level ● timeout <integer> Command timeout in seconds

### Result

● Successful execution: object of the class sdb.dbapi.Connection.

● Error: exception of the class sdb.dbapi.Error.

For more information, see the Python Database API specifications V2.0 at www.python.org.

### Example

session = sdb.dbapi.connect ('MONA', 'RED', 'DEMODB', '', autocommit = 'off', sqlmode= 'oracle', isolation = 1, timeout = 90)