You can create and manage connections with the Data Explorer and the FireDAC Connection Editor wizards. See Connection Definitions for more information on creating connections from code and creating persistent, private, or temporary connections.

Connecting to SybaseIQ

To connect to the SybaseIQ, specify the following connection properties:

• Server: Set this to the name or network address of the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere database instance.
• Database: Set this to the name of the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere database running on the specified Server.

Optionally, you can also secure your connections with TLS/SSL by setting UseSSL to true.

Note: It is also possible to connect to an instance of SAP SQL Anywhere with the above component configuration.

Authenticating to SybaseIQ

SybaseIQ supports several methods for authentication including basic, Kerberos, and, LDAP.

Basic

Set the AuthScheme to Basic and set the following connection properties to use SybaseIQ authentication.

• User: Set this to the username of the authenticating SybaseIQ user.
• Password: Set this to the username of the authenticating SybaseIQ user.

LDAP

To connect with LDAP authentication, you will need to configure SybaseIQ server-side to use the LDAP authentication mechanism.

After configuring SybaseIQ for LDAP, you can connect using the same credentials as basic authentication.

Kerberos

To leverage Kerberos authentication, begin by enabling it via the following connection property:

• AuthScheme: Set to Kerberos will be used for authentication to SybaseIQ.

See Using Kerberos information regarding the connection properties that need to be set for Kerberos authentication.

You can find an example connection string below:

Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;User=SampleUser;Password=SamplePassword;Database=MyDB;Kerberos=true;KerberosKDC=MyKDC;KerberosRealm=MYREALM.COM;KerberosSPN=server-name

Using the FireDAC Connection Editor

Complete the following steps to use the FireDAC Connection Editor to assign a SybaseIQ connection to a TFDConnection object:

1. Open a project and drop a TFDPhysCDataSybaseIQDriverLink from the Tool Palette onto the Form Designer.
2. Drop a TFDConnection object onto the Form Designer.
3. Double-click the TFDConnection and select CDataSybaseIQ in the Driver Id menu.
4. Define the necessary connection properties.
5. To execute ad-hoc SQL statements based on this connection, enter SQL commands on the SQL Script tab.
6. In the Form Designer, select the TFDConnection object and set the Connected property to true.

Using the Data Explorer

Complete the following steps to use the Data Explorer to define persistent connections that can be shared across applications and projects:

1. Click View > Tool Windows > Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand the FireDAC node.
2. Right-click the CData SybaseIQ Data Source node and click Add New Connection.
3. Enter a name for the connection. The FireDAC Connection Editor opens.

Working with Persistent Connections

The connections you define in the Data Explorer can be assigned to a TFDConnection object by specifying the connection name in the TFDConnection object's ConnectionDefName property.

Browsing Data and Metadata

The Data Explorer also provides options for browsing SybaseIQ objects at design time:

• Expand the CData SybaseIQ Data Source node in the Data Explorer to view the defined connections.
• Expand a connection node to find the database objects available for a connection.
• Drill down to a database object to find metadata such as primary keys and foreign keys.
• To display data, double-click a table or view or right-click and click View.