Miscellaneous
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection settings 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. |
| TruncateString | This property specifies whether to truncate characters when INSERT or UPDATE is executed with a string that exceeds the column size. |
| Schema | The schema used by default. |
| IgnoreCase | Whether to ignore case in identifiers. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| 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. |
| 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. |