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  1. Preface
  2. Informatica Developer
  3. The Model Repository
  4. Searches in Informatica Developer
  5. Connections
  6. Physical Data Objects
  7. Flat File Data Objects
  8. Logical View of Data
  9. Viewing Data
  10. Application Deployment
  11. Application Patch Deployment
  12. Application Patch Deployment Example
  13. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  14. Object Import and Export
  15. Appendix A: Data Type Reference
  16. Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
  17. Appendix C: Connection Properties

Developer Tool Guide

Developer Tool Guide

ODBC Connection Properties

ODBC Connection Properties

Use an ODBC connection to access ODBC data. An ODBC connection is a relational database connection. You can create and manage an ODBC connection in the Administrator tool
, the Developer tool, or the Analyst tool
.
The order of the connection properties might vary depending on the tool where you view them.
The following table describes ODBC connection properties:
Property
Description
Database Type
The database type.
Name
Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. The name cannot exceed 128 characters, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters:
~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
ID
String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name.
Description
The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
User Name
The database user name.
Password
The password for the database user name.
Pass-through security enabled
Enables pass-through security for the connection. When you enable pass-through security for a connection, the domain uses the client user name and password to log into the corresponding database, instead of the credentials defined in the connection object.
Data Access Properties: Connection String
The ODBC connection URL used to access metadata from the database.
<data source name>
Code Page
The code page used to read from a source database or to write to a target database or file.
Environment SQL
SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database.
The Data Integration Service runs the connection environment SQL each time it connects to the database.
Transaction SQL
SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database.
The Data Integration Service runs the transaction environment SQL at the beginning of each transaction.
Retry Period
This property is reserved for future use.
SQL Identifier Character
Type of character that the database uses to enclose delimited identifiers in SQL queries. The available characters depend on the database type.
Select (None) if the database uses regular identifiers.
When the Data Integration Service generates SQL queries, the service does not place delimited characters around any identifiers.
Select a character if the database uses delimited identifiers.
When the Data Integration Service generates SQL queries, the service encloses delimited identifiers within this character.
Support Mixed-case Identifiers
Enable if the database uses case-sensitive identifiers.
When enabled, the Data Integration Service encloses all identifiers within the character selected for the
SQL Identifier Character
property.
When the
SQL Identifier Character
property is set to none, the
Support Mixed-case Identifiers
property is disabled.
ODBC Provider
The type of database to which ODBC connects.
For pushdown optimization, specify the database type to enable the Data Integration Service to generate native database SQL.
The options are:
  • Other
  • Sybase
  • Microsoft_SQL_Server
  • Snowflake
Default is Other.
Use an ODBC connection to connect to Microsoft SQL Server when the Data Integration Service runs on UNIX or Linux. Use a native connection to Microsoft SQL Server when the Data Integration Service runs on Windows.

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