This section describes the connection properties used to configure userID/password authentication.

Table 1. UserID/Password Properties
Property Characteristic
AuthenticationMethod Determines which authentication method the driver uses when establishing a connection.

Set this to userIdPassword to enable the driver to use userID/password authentication.
DatabaseName Specifies the name of the Impala database. The database must exist, or the connection attempt will fail.

Password

 Specifies a password that is used to connect to your database.
PortNumber The TCP port of the primary database server that is listening for connections to the database.

The default is 21050.
ServerName Specifies either the IP address or the server name (if your network supports named servers) of the primary database server.

User

 Specifies the user name that is used to connect to the database.

See also

Configuring user ID/password authentication

Connection Property Descriptions