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Informix Connections

Informix Connections

You can create an Informix connection in the Test Data Manager to perform data subset and data masking operations.

The following table describes the database connection properties for an Informix database:

Property	Description
Name	Required. Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters, start with a number, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters: ~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] \| \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
Connection Type	Required. The connection type. Select Informix.
Description	The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 255 characters.
User Name	Required. The database user name.
Use Parameter in Password	Indicates the password for the database user name is a session parameter. $Param Name . Define the password in the workflow or session parameter file, and encrypt it using the pmpasswd CRYPT_DATA option. Used for data subset and data masking operations. Default is disabled.
Password	Required. The password for the database user name.
Owner	The owner of the connection. Default is the user who creates the connection. You can change the owner of the connection.
JDBC Login Password	Required if Use Parameter in Password is selected. The password for the JDBC user. Used for import from source and data discovery operations.
Code Page	Code page the Integration Service uses to read from a source database or write to a target database or file.
Data Access Connection String	The connection string used to access data from the database. Enter <database name>.
Environment SQL	SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database. The PowerCenter 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 PowerCenter Integration Service runs the transaction environment SQL at the beginning of each transaction.
Connection Retry Period	Number of seconds the Integration Service attempts to reconnect to the database if the connection fails. If the Integration Service cannot connect to the database in the retry period, the operation fails. Default is 0.

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