Database Info

You can use Database Info activity to specify the Server URL (JDBC URL), and the type of authentication (Basic or Kerberos) to access the database. Server URL points to a specific database on a specified database server. There is no standard for Server URL. Every JDBC driver uses a slightly different syntax. For example, a Server URL for a MySQL database using the com.mysql.jdbc driver might look like this:

jdbc:mysql://localhost/databaseName

Database Info uses database driver to connect to the specified Database Server.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have created a Database Driver activity before creating Database Info Activity.

Steps to create Database Info

1. Click Configure > ACCOUNTS > Database Info. 

2. Click CREATE Database Info.
   
3. On Create Database Info window, enter the name and description of the new Database Source in the Name and Description textboxes respectively.
   
   
   
   

4. Select an existing JDBC database driver activity from the Select JDBC Driver drop-down list.
   To use a new JDBC database driver activity, click Create New. 

   For information on how to create a database driver activity, refer to Creating Database Driver.

5. Enter the Server URL. Click Help displayed adjacent to the Server URL text box to get help in defining the Server URL.
   For example, for database format SQL-JTDS, the URL format is- jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://<databaseServerName>:<port>/<databaseName>.

6. Select the type of authentication you want to use in the Authentication Type field. The available options are Basic and Kerberos.
   Based on the type of authentication you select, enter the values for the fields described in the table below:

   Basic
   Field	Description
   User	The username of the database server.
   Password	The password for the username of the database server.
   Confirm Password	The password for the username of the database server to confirm.
   Kerberos
   Field	Description
   Kerberos Configuration	Kerberos Configuration information. Enter each Kerberos Configuration parameter in a new line as a key value pair, for example, useKeyTab=true debug=true For more details on Kerberos Configuration parameters, refer to this document.

7. Enter the name of the schema in the Select Schema Name or click Browse Schema to browse the schema on the database whose connection you have just created.

   While creating an activity, for example, an Advanced Database target, you can override the Schema you have used for this Database Info.
   You can override the DB schema dynamically by defining a Process Flow variable/Transaction Parameter, Service.<DBInfoName>.Schema, and setting its value as the Schema that you want to use.
8. Select Enable Connection Pooling check box to enable database connection pooling.
9. Select a database connection pool in the Select Connection Pool field based on your requirement. The available options are Hikari and Universal Connection Pool (UCP).

10. Enter the maximum number of connections in the Maximum Connections text box that you want to keep in your connection pool at any time, default is 10.

    If you enter 0 in the Maximum Connections text box then the activity will keep an unlimited number of connections in the connection pool.
11. Enter the minimum number of connections in the Minimum Connections text box that you want to keep in your connection pool at any time, default is 3.
12. Enter the time in the Maximum Idle Time (seconds) text box. This field allows you to keep an ideal connection in the connection pool as per the time specified, default is 10.

13. Enter the time, in milliseconds, in the Maximum Wait Time When Exhausted (milliseconds) text box that you want the client to wait for a connection to be checked-in or acquired when the pool is exhausted.

    If you enter 0 in the Maximum Wait Time When Exhausted (milliseconds) field then the client will wait indefinitely.

14. Click Test Database Connection to verify the connection between Adeptia Connect and Database.

15. Expand Advanced Properties and select the project of the activity from the drop-down list of Project.

16. Click Save.