Property | Description |
|---|---|
Database Type | The database type. |
Name | Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. The name cannot exceed 128 characters, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters: ~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? / |
ID | String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name. |
Description | The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters. |
User Name | The database user name. |
Password | The password for the database user name. |
Pass-through security enabled | Enables pass-through security for the connection. When you enable pass-through security for a connection, the domain uses the client user name and password to log into the corresponding database, instead of the credentials defined in the connection object. |
Data Access Properties: Connection String | The ODBC connection URL used to access metadata from the database. <data source name> |
Code Page | The code page used to read from a source database or to write to a target database or file. |
Environment SQL | SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database. The Data Integration Service runs the connection environment SQL each time it connects to the database. |
Transaction SQL | SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database. The Data Integration Service runs the transaction environment SQL at the beginning of each transaction. |
Retry Period | This property is reserved for future use. |
SQL Identifier Character | The type of character used to identify special characters and reserved SQL keywords, such as WHERE. The Data Integration Service places the selected character around special characters and reserved SQL keywords. The Data Integration Service also uses this character for the Support Mixed-case Identifiers property. Select the character based on the database in the connection. |
Support Mixed-case Identifiers | When enabled, the Data Integration Service places identifier characters around table, view, schema, synonym, and column names when generating and executing SQL against these objects in the connection. Use if the objects have mixed-case or lowercase names. By default, this option is not selected. |
ODBC Provider | The type of database to which ODBC connects. For pushdown optimization, specify the database type to enable the Data Integration Service to generate native database SQL. The options are:
Default is Other. |