Connection Properties
The connection properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are Password, Kerberos. |
Server | The name of the server running the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere Database. |
Port | The port of the SybaseIQ database. |
Database | The name of the SybaseIQ or SAP SQL Anywhere database. |
User | The SybaseIQ user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
UseSSL | This field sets whether SSL is enabled, it is only available when ConnectionType is 'SQLAnywhere'. |
Charset | Charset name to communicate with server. |
ConnectionType | This option specifies whether to connect to a SybaseIQ server or a SQLAnywhere server. |
Property | Description |
KerberosKDC | The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. |
KerberosRealm | The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
KerberosSPN | The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
KerberosUser | The principal name for the Kerberos Domain Controller. Used in the format host/user@realm. |
KerberosKeytabFile | The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
KerberosServiceRealm | The Kerberos realm of the service. |
KerberosServiceKDC | The Kerberos KDC of the service. |
KerberosTicketCache | The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
Property | Description |
Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
Property | Description |
AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
CacheProvider | The name of the provider to be used to cache data. |
CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
Property | Description |
IncludeSystemObjects | Whether to include system objects while retrieving metadata. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
MaxTDSPacketSize | The protocol sending and receiving buffer size. For the lower version, it's from 512 to 512. For the newer version, it's from 512 to 2048. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the SybaseIQ server as is. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to SybaseIQ from the provider. |
Timeout | A timeout for the provider. |