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Oracle JDBC Driver jTDS Driver MS SQL Server jTDS Driver for Sybase MySQL JDBC Driver IBM DB2 JDBC Driver PostgreSQL JDBC Driver Netezza JDBC Driver Teradata JDBC Driver Informix JDBC Driver This document details about the JDBC Drivers for the databases supported by SwisSQL - Console tool. It explains the data to be furnished to connect to the database. The JDBC drivers for Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase ASE and MySQL are bundled in the tool itself. The drivers for DB2 UDB, PostgreSQL, Netezza, Teradata and Informix are not bundled with the tool. To create a connection to the databases access the "Database connection settings" dialog from the menu "Settings -> Database connections". Now click on the "Add" button to open the "Add database settings" dialog. For more details refer Connecting to databases ### 1. Oracle JDBC Driver The Oracle JDBC driver is bundled along with the product. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'Oracle'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the Oracle database is running. Port number - Port number in which Oracle is listening. 1521 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password Instance Name - Enter the Oracle SID or instance name. ### 2. jTDS Driver MS SQL Server This is an open source driver to connect to MS SQL Server database. This driver has been packaged along with the product. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'SQL Server'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the MS SQL Server is running. To specify an instance name use the format <server name>\<instance name> where <server name> is the Host name/IP address and <instance name> is the SQL Server instance. Port number - Port number in which MS SQL Server is listening. 1433 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password Database name - The name of the database. ### 3. jTDS Driver for Sybase This driver has been packaged along with the product. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'Sybase'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the Sybase is running. Port number - Port number in which Sybase is listening. 2048 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password Database name - The name of the database. ### 4. MySQL JDBC Driver This driver has been packaged along with the product. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'MySQL'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the MySQL is running. Port number - Port number in which MySQL is listening. 3306 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password Database name - The name of the database. ### 5. IBM DB2 JDBC Driver The driver files are present in the DB2 installation, in the location [DB2_HOME]\sqllib\java. DB2_HOME denotes the directory in which DB2 is installed. This driver is available from DB2 UDB v8.1 onwards. Using this driver you can connect to a local or remote DB2 UDB. This driver can also be downloaded from the following location : Visit the url: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/ Visit the Trials and betas link on this page In the Search for: field enter "jdbc" You will probably get one match: DB2 Personal Developer's Edition: Redistributable JDBC Type 4 Driver Click on this link and then follow the instructions The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'DB2'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the DB2 is running. Port number - Port number in which DB2 is listening. 6789 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password JDBC Driver libraries - The driver files are db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar. Click on the 'Browse' button to select these files in the FileChooser dialog shown. JDBC Driver - Enter the driver class name for the above driver files which is com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver . Database name - The name of the database. ### 6. PostgreSQL JDBC Driver This driver can also be downloaded from the following location : http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html . The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'PostgreSQL'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the PostgreSQL is running. Port number - Port number in which PostgreSQL is listening. 5432 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password JDBC Driver libraries - Click on the 'Browse' button to select the JDBC driver file in the FileChooser dialog shown. JDBC Driver - Enter the driver class name for the above driver file which is org.postgresql.Driver . Database name - The name of the database. ### 7. Netezza JDBC Driver This driver can be downloaded from the Netezza website. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'Netezza'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the Netezza is running. Port number - Port number in which Netezza is listening. 5432 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password JDBC Driver libraries - Click on the 'Browse' button to select the jar file which includes the Netezza JDBC Driver. JDBC Driver - Enter the driver class name for the above driver file which is org.netezza.Driver . Database name - The name of the database. ### 8. Teradata JDBC Driver This driver can also be downloaded from the following location : Visit the url: http://www.teradata.com/downloadcenter/ Visit the Teradata JDBC Driver link on this page Select the Teradata JDBC Driver for your Teradata server and download the same. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'Teradata'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the Teradata is running. Port number - Port number in which Teradata is listening. 1025 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password JDBC Driver libraries - Click on the 'Browse' button to select the jar file which includes the Teradata JDBC Driver. The jar files are terajdbc4.jar and tdgssconfig.jar. JDBC Driver - Enter the driver class name for the above driver file which is com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver . Database name - The name of the database. ### 9. Informix JDBC Driver This driver can also be downloaded from the following location : Visit the url: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/jdbc/ Visit the Trials and betas link on this page In the Search for: field enter "jdbc" Click on the link available in the search results and then follow the instructions. The details specified below are to be provided in the "Add database settings" dialog. Database Type - Select the database name as 'Informix'. Host name - Host name/IP address of the machine in which the Informix is running. Port number - Port number in which Informix is listening. 1526 is the default port. User name - Enter the user name Password - Enter the password JDBC Driver libraries - Click on the 'Browse' button to select the jar file which includes the Informix JDBC Driver. JDBC Driver - Enter the driver class name for the above driver file which is com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver . Server name - The name of the Informix server. Database name - The name of the database.<>

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