When is the Name connection property different from EventName?

[Breck_Carter]

When the connection-level property connection_type = 'Event', is Name ever different from EventName?

If the answer is "no, they're always the same", what is the purpose of EventName?

[VolkerBarth · Accepted solution]

See that ancient FAQ with Bruce Hay's answer, to cite the first statements:

The value of connection_property('Name',number) for an event will be the name of the event; however, there is nothing preventing a normal connection from using the same name. The value of connection_property('EventName',number) is also the name of the event, but will be NULL for non-event connections.

While re-reading that, it comes to my mind how thoughtful, thorough and dense Bruce's answers were...

[thomas_duemesnil · Accepted solution]

On sa16 connection_property('EventName') returns an empty string. Don't expect NULL values !

[VolkerBarth · Accepted solution]

The same goes for recent v12.0.1 and 17.0.7.3382 releases.