OLE DB – How do I create a ConnectionString?
A ConnectionString (or Provider String, or Extended Properties – depending on what application you are running) consists of the driver specific properties separated by semicolons. At the very least it needs to consist of ServerPort, logon information, and database and/or schema file references. For example:
ServerPort=30009;User=xxx;UserPassword=xxx;Group=xxxt;Account=MINISOFT;
ImageDatabase0=ABC,PW,0,1,0
| Property | Description |
| Server | IP Address or Host Name |
| ServerPort | Port the server process is listening on. The default port is 30009 |
| ServerType | 0=MPE/iX 1=Unix 2=Windows. Default is 0. |
| IgnoreUIDPWD | When set (numeric value of 1), values passed in the connection string for user or password do not supersede the value provided in the DSN or connection string. Use only if your applications passes default values that are not related to your host system. ie passing the windows user name to an MPE system. Default value is 0. |
| User | |
| UserPassword | |
| Account | |
| AccountPassword | |
| Group | |
| GroupPassword | |
| Jobname | |
| ImageDatabase# | The format is: <database name>,<database password,<automatic masters 0=No 1=Yes>,<database open mode>,<append TPI suffix 0=No 1=Yes>ImageDatabase0=track,WRITE,0,1,0 ImageDatabase1=:8102/MSCARD,,0 |
| Schema# | The format is: <schema name>, <lockword> |
| SecurityPassword | Security3000 password |
| CatalogUser | |
| CatalogPassword | |
| AutoCommitDefault | ON/OFF Default is ON |
| BigIntAsChar | YES/No Default is NO |
| CenturySplit | For dates with only the year, if the date year is less than the CenturySplit year, the century will be set to 20 or else 19. |
| DecimalPoint | Default: “.” |
| DisableTxns | Default: NO. This only needs to be set to YES if inserting more than 1000 records in a single transaction. |
| ItemLocking | Default: ENABLED. Set to DISABLED to force set level locking |
| LockRetries | Default: 1. Suggested value is 20 if doing inserts and updates. |
| ServerType | Default: 0. 0=HP3000 1=Unix |
| StandardJoins | Default: YES |
| TraceFileName | Path name to the log file. |
| TraceLogFlush | Default: 0. Set to 1 if tracing is turned on. |
| TraceLogLevel | Default: 0. While the range is 1 to 7, use 7 when creating a trace file. |
| TraceSysLevel | Default: 0. The range is 1 to 3. On Windows the error is written to the Application Event log. On Unix to syslogd. |
| WarningsAreErrors | Default: NO. |
| MaxCacheSize | Default: 10240 |
| MaxWriteSize | Default: 16384 |