Adding a New Driver

You can add any one of the predefined drivers by choosing Databases and chooseDrivers in the Runtime tab of the Explorer). After you add a driver, you can test the driver to ensure that it is compatible with the Database Explorer.

To add your own driver:

  1. In the Runtime tab of the Explorer, expand the Databases node.
  2. Right-click the Drivers node or a specific driver under the Drivers node, choose Add Driver.
  3. In the Add Driver dialog box, specify a driver name for the new driver.

    The IDE uses this name only for display purposes.

  4. In the Driver field, provide the fully qualified driver class name. For example:

    COM.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver.

  5. In the Database URL prefix field, type a template for the URLs of connections you want to make using this driver.

    The template can represent a URL that is not the real URL; you can complete the URL later when you connect. For example, you can now add: jdbc:pointbase://<HOST>[:PORT]/[DB]/

  6. Click OK to add the new driver to the list.

    Later, you can remove a driver by selecting it in the Explorer, right-clicking, and choosing Delete, or you can open the property sheet and modify its configurations. You can also remove the driver using the keyboard.

tip Adding a new driver just creates a template for new connections. The IDE does not actually try to use that driver or check to make sure it is the correct one until a connection is made using the driver.


See also
Testing a New Driver
Using a Database Adaptor to Replace Missing Metadata
Connecting to a Database
Connecting to an Unsupported Database

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