.. _dpiPurity:

ODPI-C Enumeration dpiPurity
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This enumeration identifies the purity of the sessions that are acquired when
using connection classes during connection creation.

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Value                        Description
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DPI_PURITY_DEFAULT           Default value used when creating connections.
DPI_PURITY_NEW               A connection is required that has not been tainted
                             with any prior session state.
DPI_PURITY_SELF              A connection is permitted to have prior session
                             state.
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