The SpyAttributes connection property allows you to specify a semi-colon separated list of DataDirect Spy attributes. The format for the value of the SpyAttributes property is:

(
spy_attribute
[;
spy_attribute
]...)

where spy_attribute is any valid DataDirect Spy attribute. See "DataDirect Spy attributes" for a list of supported attributes.

Windows example

The following example uses the JDBC Driver Manager to connect to Oracle while enabling DataDirect Spy:

Class.forName("com.ddtek.jdbc.oracle.OracleDriver");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
   ("jdbc:datadirect:oracle://Server3:1521;SID=ORCL;
   User=User123;Password=secret;
   SpyAttributes=(log=(filePrefix)C:\\temp\\spy_;linelimit=80;logTName=yes;
   timestamp=yes)");
Note: If coding a path on Windows to the log file in a Java string, the backslash character (\) must be preceded by the Java escape character, a backslash. For example: log=(filePrefix)C:\\temp\\spy_.

Using this example, DataDirect Spy loads the driver and logs all JDBC activity to the spy_x.log file located in the C:\temp directory (log=(filePrefix)C:\\temp\\spy_), where x is an integer that increments by 1 for each connection on which the prefix is specified. The spy_x.log file logs a maximum of 80 characters on each line (linelimit=80) and includes the name of the current thread (logTName=yes) and a timestamp on each line in the log (timestamp=yes).

UNIX example

The following code example uses the JDBC Driver Manager to connect to Oracle while enabling DataDirect Spy:

Class.forName("com.ddtek.jdbc.oracle.OracleDriver");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
   ("jdbc:datadirect:oracle://server:1521;SID=ORCL;
   User=User123;Password=secret;
   SpyAttributes=(log=(filePrefix)/tmp/spy_;logTName=yes;timestamp=yes)");

Using this example, DataDirect Spy loads the driver and logs all JDBC activity to the spy_x.log file located in the /tmp directory (log=(filePrefix)/tmp/spy_), where x is an integer that increments by 1 for each connection on which the prefix is specified. The spy_x.log file includes the name of the current thread (logTName=yes) and a timestamp on each line in the log (timestamp=yes).