Creating a JDBC Data Source

You can create a JDBC data source to connect from your Java application. Creating a JDBC data source based on the CData JDBC Driver for Sybase consists of three basic steps:

• Add the driver JAR file to the classpath. The JAR file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. Note that the .lic file must be located in the same folder as the JAR file.
• Provide the driver class. For example:
  

  cdata.jdbc.sybase.SybaseDriver

• Provide the JDBC URL. For example:
  

  jdbc:sybase:user=myuser;password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=Northwind
  
  or
  
  jdbc:cdata:sybase:user=myuser;password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=Northwind

  The second format above can be used whenever there is a conflict in your application between drivers using the same URL format to ensure you are using the CData driver. The URL must start with either "jdbc:sybase:" or "jdbc:cdata:sybase:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

Connecting to Sybase

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

• Server: Set this to the name or network address of the Sybase database instance.
• Database: Set this to the name of the Sybase database running on the specified Server.

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

Authenticating to Sybase

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

Basic

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

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

LDAP

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

After configuring Sybase 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 Sybase.

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