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. |
| DBLocale | This property specifies what Charset/Encoding will be used to parse table data. |
| IgnoreCase | Specifies whether to ignore case in SQL identifiers. |
| MaxRows | Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY. |
| Other | Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues. |
| QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the DB2 server as is. |
| Readonly | Toggles read-only access to DB2 from the provider. |
| RTK | Specifies the runtime key for licensing the provider. If unset or invalid, the provider defaults to the standard licensing method. This property is only required in environments where the standard licensing method is unsupported or requires a runtime key. |
| 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 | Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error. |