Database connections preferences
- Last Updated: March 12, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
The Database Connections preference page is used to maintain connections available to the project. The connections displayed in this page contain ABL connection information and optional SQL connection information. This page provides a list of available database connections as defined for the workspace.
The following options are available on the Database Connections preference page:
| New | Adds a new connection profile where you can define a new workspace database connection. For more information, see Add/Edit OpenEdge database connection profile wizard. |
| Edit | Modifies aspects of an existing connection profile. This button is disabled until a connection is selected. For more information, see Add/Edit OpenEdge database connection profile wizard. |
| Copy | Copies an existing connection profile. |
| Remove | Deletes a connection profile. |
| Import | Imports a connection profile. When using this function, you must specify the location of the export file. You can import the entire file or individual resources. For information on importing database connections, see Import database connections. |
| Export | Exports a connection profile. This function allows you to export either all connection profiles or individual database connection profiles to a system file. For information on exporting database connections, see Export database connections. |
| Import DF | (Progress OpenEdge databases only) Imports the
data definitions from a .df file
into the specified database. |
| Export DF | (Progress OpenEdge databases only) Exports the
data definitions to a .df file for
the specified database. |