The following keys are used for most database connections. You will be prompted to enter some or all of these values when you create a Database Endpoint Connection. Whether they are required depends on the specific database. See documentation for the database you are using for details.
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 Session Key  | 
 Description  | 
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 Name  | 
 User-defined name and description of the new configuration object that will be used by the GUI to select the appropriate service.  | 
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 Connection Properties  | 
 JDBC properties that the driver uses to connect to the database.  | 
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 Username  | 
 User-defined name associated with the database connection.  | 
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 Password  | 
 User-defined password associated with the database connection. A password is usually required to access a database but is not required for all databases.  | 
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 Hostname  | 
 Name of the machine hosting the database.  | 
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 Port  | 
 Port number used to connect to the database.  | 
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 Name/value pairs for JDBC  | 
 See JDBC driver product documentation.  | 
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 JDBC driver class name  | 
 Java class name of the JDBC driver used to connect to the database. See driver product documentation for this value.  | 
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 Database  | 
 Database name.  | 
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 Database URL  | 
 For Sybase databases, default. For non-Sybase databases, see the database product documentation.  |