Driver

Description

The JDBC driver your application uses to connect to the database.

When to specify Driver You must specify the Driver database parameter before connecting to the database.

Applies to

JDB JDBC

Syntax

Driver='driver_name'

Default

None

Usage

The driver name identifies the Java class name for the particular driver you are using to connect to the database.

Examples

Example 1

To set the driver name of a Sybase jConnect driver, type the following in the Driver Name box on the Connection page in the Database Profile Setup dialog box:

com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver

Example 2

To set the driver name of an Oracle JDBC Driver, type the following in the Driver Name box on the Connection page in the Database Profile Setup dialog box.

oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver