Passing the connection URL
- Last Updated: May 13, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- SAP HANA 6.0
- Documentation
After setting the CLASSPATH, the required connection information needs to be passed in the form of a connection URL. The following example includes the properties required for connecting with user ID and password authentication.
Connection URL Syntax
The connection URL takes the following form:
jdbc:datadirect:saphana://server_name:port_number;User=user_name;
Password=password;[property=value[;...]];
where:
- server_name
- specifies either the IP address or the server name of the primary database server.
- port_number
- specifies the TCP port of the primary database server that is listening for connections to the database.
- user_name
- Specifies the user ID used to authenticate to SAP HANA with user ID and password authentication method.
- password
- Specifies the password used to authenticate to SAP HANA with user ID and password authentication method.
- property=value
- specifies connection property settings. Multiple properties are separated by a semi-colon.
The following example connection string includes the properties required for connecting with the user ID and password authentication.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:datadirect:saphana://MyServer:30015;User=JSmith;Password=secret");