Connection option descriptions
- Last Updated: May 22, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
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- Autonomous Rest Connector 8.0
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The connection option descriptions in this section are listed alphabetically by the GUI name that appears on the driver Setup dialog box. The connection string attribute name, along with its short name, is listed immediately underneath the GUI name in the option topics.
In most cases, the GUI name and the attribute name are the same; however, some exceptions exist. If you need to look up an option by its connection string attribute name, please refer to the following tables of connection string attribute names.
Also, a few connection string attributes, for example, Password, do not have equivalent options that appear on the GUI. They are in the list of descriptions by their attribute names.
The following tables provide a summary of supported connection options by functionality, including their attribute names, short names, and default values.
- General options
- Basic authentication options
- AWS credentials authentication options
- Bearer authentication options
- Custom authentication options
- Digest authentication options
- HTTP header authentication options
- OAuth 2.0 options
- URL parameter authentication options
- TSL/SSL data encryption options
- Mapping options
- SQL Engine options
- Proxy server options
- Web service options
- Additional options
General options
The following table summarizes general connection options that can apply to all connections that use data sources.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| DataSourceName (dsn) | No default value |
| Description (desc) | No default value |
| HostName (host) | No default value |
| PortNumber (port) | SSL disabled: 80SSL enabled:
|
| RESTConfigFile (rcf) | No default value |
| RESTSamplePath (rsp) | No default value |
Basic (user ID and password) authentication options
The following table summarizes options used for basic authentication method.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| AuthHeader (ah) | Authorization |
| AuthParam (ap) | No default value |
| Password (pwd) | No default value |
| User | No default value |
AWS credentials authentication options
The following table summarizes options used for AWS credentials authentication method.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AccessKey (ak) | No default value |
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| Region | No default value If no value is specified, the driver uses
|
| SecretKey (sk) | No default value |
Bearer token authentication options
The following table summarizes options used for bearer token authentication method.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| SecurityToken (st) | No default value |
Custom authentication options
The following table summarizes connection options used for Custom authentication.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| CustomAuthParams (cap) | No default value |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| Password (pwd) | No default value |
| User | No default value |
Digest authentication options
The following table summarizes options used for digest authentication.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| Password (pwd) | No default value |
| User | No default value |
HTTP header authentication options
The following table summarizes options used for HTTP header authentication method.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| AuthHeader (ah) | Authorization |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| SecurityToken (st) | No default value |
OAuth 2.0 options
The following table summarizes options used for OAuth 2.0 authentication. The OAuth 2.0 options you must specify depend on the grant type used in your environment. If you are unsure of the grant type or its requirements, contact your system administrator. For details on supported grant types, see OAuth 2.0 authentication.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AccessToken (atok) | No default value |
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| AuthURI (o2au) | No default value |
| ClaimsIssuer (cliss) |
No default value |
| ClaimsSubject (clsub) |
No default value |
| ClientCredentialsMode (clcm) |
|
| ClientID (cid) | No default value |
| ClientSecret (clse) | No default value |
| EnableLoginPrompt (elp) | 0 (false) |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| JWTCertAlias (jwtca) | No default value |
| JWTCertPassword (jwtcp) | No default value |
| JWTCertStore (jwtcs) | No default value |
| LogoffURI (o2lu) | No default value |
| OAuthCode (oac) | No default value |
| RedirectURI (o2ru) | No default value |
| RefreshToken (rtok) | No default value |
| Scope (oas) | No default value |
| TokenURI (o2tu) | No default value |
URL parameter authentication options
The following table summarizes connection options used for URL parameter authentication.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| AuthenticationMethod (am) | 15 (None) |
| AuthParam (ap) | No default value |
| HealthURI (huri) | No default value |
| SecurityToken (st) | No default value |
| User | No default value |
TSL/SSL data encryption options
The following table summarizes options used for TSL/SSL data encryption.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| CryptoProtocolVersion (cpv) | No default value |
| EncryptionMethod (em) | 1 (SSL) |
| HostNameInCertificate (hnic) | No default value |
| KeyPassword (kp) | No default value |
| Keystore (ks) | No default value |
| KeystorePassword (ksp) | No default value |
| Truststore (ts) | No default value |
| TruststorePassword (tsp) | No default value |
| ValidateServerCertificate (vsc) | 1 (true) |
Mapping options
The following table summarizes connection options involved in mapping the REST data model to a SQL model.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| ArrayNormalizationThreshold (art) |
|
| CreateMap (cm) | 3 (Session) |
| JSONRoot (jr) | No default value |
| QualifyNormalizedNames (qnn) | 0 (No) |
| RefreshSchema (rs) | 0 (false) |
| SchemaMap (smp) | Default value depends on the environment |
SQL engine options
The following table lists the options used to configure the SQL engine.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| JVMArgs (jvma) | For the 32-bit driver when the SQL Engine Mode
is set to 2 (Direct): -Xmx256m For all other configurations: -Xmx1024m |
| JVMClassPath (jvmcp) | No default value |
| JVMPath (jvmp) | install_dir\jre\bin\java.exe |
| ServerPortNumber (spn) |
For 32-bit: For 64-bit: |
| ServerProxyHost (sph) | No default value |
| ServerProxyPassword (spw) | No default value |
| ServerProxyPort (spp) | No default value |
| ServerProxyUser (spu) | No default value |
| SQLEngineMode (sem) | For Windows: 1 (Server) For Linux: 2 (Direct) |
| SQLService (ss) | No default value |
Proxy server options
The following table summarizes proxy server connection options.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| ProxyHost (pxhn) | No default value |
| ProxyPassword (pxpw) | No default value |
| ProxyPort (pxpt) |
For HTTP: For HTTPS: |
| ProxyUser (pxun) | No default value |
Web service options
The following table summarizes Web service connection options, including those related to timeouts.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| StmtCallLimit (scl) | 0 (no
limit) |
| StmtCallLimitBehavior (sclb) | 1
(ErrorAlways) |
| WSFetchSize (wsfs) | 2000 (rows) |
| WSPoolSize (wsps) | 1 |
| WSRetryCount (wsrc) | 5 |
| WSTimeout (wst) | 120 (seconds) |
Additional options
The following table summarizes additional connection options.
| Attribute (Short Name) | Default |
|---|---|
| DebugRecord (dbgrecord) | No default value |
| DefaultQueryOptions (dqo) |
No default value |
| ExtendedOptions (xo) | No default value |
| FetchSize (fs) | 100 (rows) |
| LogConfigFile (lgcf) | ddlogging.properties |
| ReadAhead (ra) | 0 |
| RefreshDirtyCache (rdc) |
|
| SamplingFailureTolerance (sft) |
|
| Table (tbl) | No default value |
| TransactionMode (tm) | 0 (NoTransactions) |
| UserAgent (ua) | No default value |
This section includes the following topics: