Miscellaneous
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AllowPreparedStatement | Prepare a query statement before its execution. |
| CharBitDataAsString | A Boolean value used to indicate whether parameters, result data, and schema information for iDB2CharBitData and iDB2VarCharBitData objects are treated as String values or as Byte array values. |
| CharBitDataCcsid | An Int32 value used to indicate which CCSID is used to translate iDB2CharBitData and iDB2VarCharBitData types when the CharBitDataAsString property is set to true. This property is ignored when CharBitDataAsString is set to false. |
| BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
| ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
| ConnectOnOpen | This property specifies whether to connect to the DB2 when the connection is opened. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
| PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
| PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
| PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
| QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the DB2 server as is. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to DB2 from the provider. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| SwitchMode | This property allows you to specify a switching mode to select a server from AlternateServers as the active server. |
| SwitchStrategy | This property allows you to specify a switching strategy to select a server from AlternateServers as the active server. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |