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Progress DataDirect for ODBC for MySQL Wire Protocol Driver User's Guide Release 8.0.2

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  • Welcome to the Progress DataDirect for ODBC for MySQL Wire Protocol Driver
    • What's new in this release?
    • Driver requirements
    • Installing and setting up the driver (Windows)
    • Installing and setting up the driver (UNIX/Linux)
    • Connection string examples
      • User ID/password authentication
      • Connection Failover
      • TLS/SSL client authentication
      • TLS/SSL server authentication
      • Proxy server
    • Version string information
      • getFileVersionString function
    • Data types
    • Driver specifications
    • Additional information
    • Troubleshooting
    • Contacting Technical Support
  • Tutorials
    • The Example application
    • Tableau (Windows only)
    • Microsoft Excel (Windows only)
    • Power BI (Windows only)
  • Configuring and connecting to data sources
    • Environment settings
      • UNIX/Linux environment variables
        • Library search path
        • ODBCINI
        • ODBCINST
        • DD_INSTALLDIR
        • The Test Loading Tool
      • UTF-16 applications on UNIX and Linux
    • Configuring the driver using the GUI
      • General tab
      • Advanced tab
      • Security tab
      • Failover tab
      • Pooling tab
    • Using a connection string
    • Additional configuration methods for UNIX and Linux
      • Configuration through the system information (odbc.ini) file
        • Sample default odbc.ini file
      • DSN-less connections
        • Sample odbcinst.ini file
      • File data sources
    • Password Encryption Tool (UNIX/Linux only)
    • Using a logon dialog box
    • Authentication
    • TLS/SSL encryption
      • Certificates
      • TLS/SSL server authentication
        • Using SQL_COPT_INMEMORY_TRUSTSTORECERT
        • Importing root certificates into the Windows certificate store
          • Importing root certificates using Certificate Import Wizard
          • Importing root certificates using a PowerShell script
      • TLS/SSL client authentication
      • Generating TLS/SSL certificates using OpenSSL 3.5-compliant algorithms
      • Designating an OpenSSL library
    • Failover support
      • Configuring failover
      • Guidelines for primary and alternate servers
    • DataDirect connection pooling
    • Using IP addresses
    • Performance considerations
  • Connection option descriptions
    • Alternate Servers
    • Application Using Threads
    • Batch Mechanism
    • Connection Pooling
    • Connection Reset
    • Connection Retry Count
    • Connection Retry Delay
    • Crypto Protocol Version
    • CryptoLibName
    • Data Source Name
    • Database Name
    • Default Buffer Size for Long/LOB Columns (in Kb)
    • Description
    • Enable FIPS
    • Enable SQLDescribeParam
    • Encryption Method
    • Failover Granularity
    • Failover Mode
    • Failover Preconnect
    • Host Name
    • Host Name In Certificate
    • IANAAppCodePage
    • Interactive Client
    • Key Password
    • Key Store
    • Key Store Password
    • Load Balance Timeout
    • Load Balancing
    • Login Timeout
    • Max Pool Size
    • Min Pool Size
    • OpenSSLConfigFile
    • OpenSSLProviderPath
    • Password
    • Port Number
    • Proxy Host
    • Proxy Mode
    • Proxy Password
    • Proxy Port
    • Proxy User
    • Query Timeout
    • Report Codepage Conversion Errors
    • SSLLibName
    • TCP Keep Alive
    • Treat Binary Data as Character Data
    • Trust Store
    • Trust Store Password
    • User Name
    • Validate Server Certificate
  • Copyright
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  • Last Updated: May 19, 2021
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    • DataDirect Connectors
    • ODBC
    • MySQL 8.0
    • Documentation

The General tab allows you to configure essential and required options that are used to create a data source. The fields are optional unless otherwise noted.

Figure 1. General tab

The General tab of the ODBC MySQL Driver Setup dialog box

Connection Options: General Default
Data Source Name None
Description None
Host Name None
Port Number 3306
Database Name None
Proxy Mode 0 (NONE)
Proxy Host Empty string
Proxy Port 0
Proxy User Empty string
Proxy Password Empty string
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