Purpose

Determines which authentication method the driver uses when establishing a connection. If the specified authentication method is not supported by the database server, the connection fails and the driver throws an exception.

Valid Values

userIdPassword | kerberos

Behavior

If set to userIdPassword, the driver uses user ID/password authentication. If a user ID and password is not specified, the driver throws an exception.

If set to kerberos, the driver uses Kerberos authentication. The ServicePrincipalName property must be specified.

Notes

  • The User property provides the user ID. The Password property provides the password.

Data Source Method

setAuthenticationMethod

Default

userIdPassword

Data Type

String

See also