Field list

Table 4.3 Field List for Database Connection - Detailed Information

Field name

Initial value

Possible settings

Omission possible

Remarks

ID

 

Alphanumeric characters and symbols (#1)

No

50 bytes or fewer

Business group

 

A business group for which general users have access permissions.

Alternatively, a business group whose only purpose is to be used for filter conditions.

Yes

 

Comment

 

Characters(#10)

Yes

255 bytes or fewer

Product type (#6)

SQLite3

SQLite3, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server (#2), PostgreSQL, ODBC, Excel (#8)

No

 

Kanji code type (#7) (#9)

Undefined

Undefined,
ASCII, Shift JIS, EUC,
UTF-8, UTF-16,
UTF-16 (big-endian),
UTF-16 (little-endian)

No

 

Select Database name

Database name

Database name, DSN, TNS

No

 

Database name

 

Characters

No

255 bytes or fewer

DSN

 

Characters

No

255 bytes or fewer

TNS

 

Characters

No

255 bytes or fewer

Host name

 

Alphanumeric characters and symbols (#3)

No

255 bytes or fewer

Port number

 

1 to 65535

No (#4)

 

User ID

 

Characters

No (#4)

(#5)

255 bytes or fewer

Password

 

Alphanumeric character:

No (#4)

(#5)

32 bytes or fewer

Authentication methods

Windows authentication

Windows authentication, SQL Server authentication

No

(#2)

#1

:

You can use only hyphen (-), underscore (_), period (.), left parenthesis ((), and right parenthesis ()).

#2

:

For Windows only.

#3

:

You cannot specify left angle brackets (<), right angle brackets (>), double quotation marks ("), single quotation marks ('), ampersands (&), commas (,), or semicolons (;).

#4

:

If the product type is SQLite3 or ODBC is set, this can be omitted.

#5

:

If the product type is SQL Server and Windows authentication is set for the authentication method, it can be omitted.

#6

:

Only SQLite3 can use the DataMagic Desktop grade.

#7

:

In the case of DataMagic Desktop grade, this field is not displayed.

#8

:

In future upgrades or revisions, the settings for accessing Excel files using database connection information might become obsolete. When using Excel files, be sure to use Excel information.

#9

:

If the product type is ODBC or SQLite3, do not select Undefined in kanji code type, set the code type of your database correctly.

#10

:

No line breaks can be registered.