Database Service Keys

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.

Common Database Keys

Session Key

Description

Name

User-defined name and description of the new configuration object that will be used by the GUI to select the appropriate service.

Connection Properties

JDBC properties that the driver uses to connect to the database.

Username

User-defined name associated with the database connection.

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.

Hostname

Name of the machine hosting the database.

Port

Port number used to connect to the database.

Name/value pairs for JDBC

See JDBC driver product documentation.
In the edit dialog, name value pairs are entered as Connection Properties.

JDBC driver class name

Java class name of the JDBC driver used to connect to the database. See driver product documentation for this value.

Database

Database name.

Database URL

For Sybase databases, default. For non-Sybase databases, see the database product documentation.