Creating a database profile
To create a new database profile for a database interface,
you must complete the Database Profile Setup dialog box for the
interface you are using to access the database.
To create a database profile for a database interface:
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Click the Database Profile button in the
PowerBar.The Database Profiles dialog box displays, listing your installed
database interfaces. To see a list of database profiles defined
for a particular interface, click the plus sign to the left of the
interface name or double–click the interface name to expand
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Highlight an interface name and click New.
The Database Profile Setup dialog box for the selected interface
displays. For example, if you select the SYC interface, the Database
Profile Setup – Adaptive Server Enterprise dialog box displays.Client software and interface must be installed
To display the Database Profile Setup dialog box for your
interface, the required client software and native database interface
must be properly installed and configured. For specific instructions
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On the Connection tab page, type the profile name
and supply values for any other basic parameters your interface
requires to connect.For information about the basic connection
parameters for your interface and the values you should supply,
click Help.About the DBMS identifier
You do not need to specify the DBMS identifier
in a database profile. When you create a new profile for any installed
database interface, PowerBuilder generates the correct DBMS connection
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(Optional) On the other tab pages, supply values
for any additional connection options (DBParm parameters and SQLCA properties) to take advantage
of DBMS-specific features that your interface supports.For information about the additional connection
parameters for your interface and the values you should supply,
click Help. -
(Optional) Click the Preview tab if you want to
see the PowerScript connection syntax that PowerBuilder generates
for each selected option.You can copy the PowerScript connection syntax from the Preview
tab directly into a PowerBuilder application script.For instructions on using the Preview tab
to help you connect in a PowerBuilder application, see the section
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Click OK to save your changes and close the Database
Profile Setup dialog box. (To save your changes on a particular
tab page without closing the dialog box, click
Apply.)The Database Profiles dialog box displays, with the new profile
name highlighted under the appropriate interface. The database profile
values are saved in the system registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareSAPPowerBuilder12.6
DatabaseProfilesPowerBuilder.You can look at the registry entry or export the profile as
described in “Importing and exporting
database profiles” to see the settings you made.
The NewLogic parameter is set to True by default. This setting specifies
that the password is encrypted using Unicode encoding.