IGenID::Initialize
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Use this method to connect the GenID object to the database that stores the table of counters.
Definition
HRESULT IGenID::Initialize(BSTRbstrDBConnectionString,longcBlockSizeHint);
Parameters
bstrDBConnectionString
[in] A BSTR that contains the connection information to the database.
cBlockSizeHint
[in, optional, defaultvalue (1)] Not implemented, leave blank.
Return Values
This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully. See the Error Values section for more details.
Error Values
This method returns S_OK (0x00000000) to indicate success and standard COM HRESULT error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors. Additional information may be available using the global Err object, which can be accessed using the API function GetErrorInfo. In particular, the GetDescription method of the IErrorInfo interface may return a text description of the error.
Remarks
This method must be called before calling the GetCounterValue and InitializeCounter methods.
The connection string may be obtained through the SiteConfigReadOnly object or through the Commerce Server Manager console from the connstr_db_Transactions property under Commerce Server Manager\Commerce Sites\<site name>\Site Resources\Transactions.