DBKEY connection parameter [DBKEY]

To start an encrypted database with a connect request.

On database startup. Not used when connecting to a running database.

By default, databases are not encrypted.

You must specify this parameter when you start an encrypted database with a connect request.

The following profile fragment says to use the encryption key “is!seCret” to connect to a strongly encrypted database named marvin.db that is already running.

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UID=dba;PWD=sql;DBF=marvin.db;DBKEY='is!seCret'

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