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The driver class is provided by the database manufacturer. Two examples of JDBC databases are Oracle and MySQL.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN1062D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The driver classes must be added to %PRODUCTNAME in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME - Java.<comment>UFI: #i38525#</comment></paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10634" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Oracle database</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10638" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can use a JDBC driver to access an Oracle database from Solaris or Linux. To access the database from Windows, you need an ODBC driver.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<switch select="sys"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<case select="UNIX"><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">On UNIX, ensure that the Oracle database client is installed with JDBC support. The JDBC driver class for the Solaris Oracle client version 8.x is located in the <Oracle client>/product/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip directory. You can also download the latest version from the Oracle web site:</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/content.html</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</case> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</switch> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10661" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Data source URL</emph> box, enter the location of the Oracle database server. The syntax of the URL depends on the database type. See the documentation that came with the JDBC driver for more information. </paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For an Oracle database, the syntax of the URL is:</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="example" id="par_idN1066B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">oracle:thin:@hostname:port:database_name</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">hostname is the name of the machine that runs the Oracle database. You can also replace hostname with the IP address of the server.</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10678" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">port is the port where the Oracle database listens. Ask your database administrator for the correct port address.</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1067C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">database_name is the name of the Oracle database. Ask your database administrator for the correct name.</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_JDBC_ET_MYSQLHOSTSERVER" id="bm_id3033539" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1067F" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">MySQL database</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10683" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The driver for the MySQL database is available on the MySQL web site.<comment>removed link, see i54077</comment></paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10689" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The syntax for a MySQL database is:</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="example" id="par_idN1068C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">mysql://hostname:port/database_name</paragraph> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10695" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">hostname is the name of the machine that runs the MySQL database.</ahelp> You can also replace hostname with the IP address of the server.</paragraph> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">port is the default port for MySQL databases, namely 3306.</paragraph> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1069D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">database_name is the name of the database.</paragraph> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_JDBC_ET_JDBCURL" id="bm_id6293221" localize="false"/> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_JDBC_ET_MYSQLPORT" id="bm_id3450117" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106A0" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Data source URL</paragraph> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106A4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_CONNURL_JDBCPAGE">Enter the URL for the database. For example, for the MySQL JDBC driver, enter "jdbc:mysql://<Servername>/<name of the database>". For more information on the JDBC driver, consult the documentation that came with the driver.</ahelp></paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_DSADMIN_DRIVERCLASS" id="bm_id3153970" localize="false"/> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- removed HID 852248660 --> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- removed HID 852330580 --><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106BB" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">JDBC Driver Class</paragraph> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_DRIVERCLASS">Enter the name of the JDBC driver.</ahelp></paragraph> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="classpath"> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id7953733" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Before you can use a JDBC driver, you need to add its class path. Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME</emph> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>- Java</emph>, and click the <emph>Class Path</emph> button. After you add the path information, restart <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item>.</paragraph> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- removed HID 852251216 --><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106CE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Test Class<comment>UFI: may be Test Connection - both strings are in spec</comment></paragraph> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106E4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Tests the connection with the current settings.</ahelp></paragraph> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106E7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz03auth.xhp">Authentication</link></paragraph> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link></paragraph> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 99