New Database Connection Dialog Box
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This dialog box enables you to supply the details to create a new database connection.
You open this dialog box by doing the following:
- Right-click the Databases node in the Services window and choose New Connection.
- Right-click a driver node under the Databases node in the Services window and choose Connect Using.
Basic setting tab
When you create a database connection, you supply the details needed to connect to a specific database.
Depending on the database driver you are using, you need to supply some or all of the following database connection details.
Data Input Mode
There are two ways in which you can enter the URL of the database:
- Field Entry. When this radio button is selected, enter the information requested in each text field.
- Direct URL Entry. When this radio button is selected, you enter the URL of the database directly.
- Name: Select the name of the driver from the drop down list.
- User Name: Type user name for the database.
- Password: Type the password for the database.
- JDBC URL. Type the JDBC URL for the connection in this text field.
Advanced tab
In the Advanced tab of the New Database Connection dialog box, you select the database schema you want to use for your connection. The Database Explorer displays only tables that use the selected schema.
- Note: The Advanced tab of the New Database Connection dialog box is enabled only if the database to which you want to connect contains existing schemas. Otherwise, the Advanced tab is grayed out.
- Note: A schema does not appear in the Select Schema drop down list until you first create an object in the schema.
- See Also
- Connecting to a Database
- Adding a JDBC Driver
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