MDAC 2.5 SDK - ODBC Programmer's Reference
Chapter 21: ODBC API Reference

SQLAllocConnect

Conformance

Version Introduced: ODBC 1.0
Standards Compliance: Deprecated

Summary

In ODBC 3.x, the ODBC 2.x function SQLAllocConnect has been replaced by SQLAllocHandle. For more information, see SQLAllocHandle.

Note   For more information about what the Driver Manager maps this function to when an ODBC 2.x application is working with an ODBC 3.x driver, see "Mapping Deprecated Functions" in Appendix G, "Driver Guidelines for Backward Compatibility."