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Custom Connection String

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Custom Connection String

  • May 17, 2023

Specify the connection string in the following dialog:

Use the XpoProvider parameter to identify a data source provider. See connection string examples in the table below.

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Relational Database System

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Connection String Sample

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Microsoft SQL Server[1]

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XpoProvider= MSSqlServer ;Data Source=(local);User ID=username;Password=password;Initial Catalog=database;Persist Security Info=true

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Microsoft Access

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XpoProvider= MSAccess ;Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;

XpoProvider= MSAccess ;Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.accdb;User Id=admin;Password=;

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Microsoft SQL Server CE

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XpoProvider= MSSqlServerCE ;Data Source=MyDatabase.sdf;Password=MyPassword

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Oracle Database

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XpoProvider= Oracle ;Data Source=TORCL;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword

XpoProvider= ODP ;Data Source=TORCL;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword

XpoProvider= ODPManaged ;Data Source=TORCL;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword

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Amazon Redshift

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XpoProvider= Amazon Redshift ;Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Encoding=UNICODE

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Google BigQuery

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XpoProvider= BigQuery ;ProjectID=myProject;DataSetId=myDataSet;OAuthClientId=myClientId;OAuthClientSecret=mySecret;OAuthRefreshToken=myRefreshToken

XpoProvider= BigQuery ;ProjectId=project;DatasetId=dataset;ServiceAccountEmail=[email protected];PrivateKeyFileName=key.p12

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Teradata

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XpoProvider= Teradata ;Data Source=myServerAddress;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

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SAP Sybase Advantage

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XpoProvider= Advantage ;Data Source=\myserver\myvolume\mypat\mydd.add;ServerType=local;User ID=ASSSYS;TrimTrailingSpaces=true

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SAP Sybase ASE

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XpoProvider= Ase ;Port=5000;Data Source=MyAseServer;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Persist Security Info=true

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SAP SQL Anywhere

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XpoProvider= Asa ;eng=server;uid=user;pwd=password;dbn=database;persist security info=true;

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IBM DB2

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XpoProvider= DB2 ;Server=server:port;Database=database;UID=user;PWD=password;

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Firebird

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XpoProvider= Firebird ;DataSource=localhost;User=SYSDBA;Password=masterkey;Database=MyDatabase.fdb;ServerType=0;Charset=NONE

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MySQL

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XpoProvider= MySql ;Server=MyServerAddress;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Persist Security Info= true;Charset=utf8

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Pervasive PSQL

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XpoProvider= Pervasive ;Server=MyServerAddress;UID=MyUserName;PWD=MyPassword;ServerDSN=MyDatabase

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PostgreSQL

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XpoProvider= Postgres ;Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Encoding=UNICODE

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VistaDB

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XpoProvider= VistaDB ;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.vdb4

XpoProvider= VistaDB5 ;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.vdb5

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SQLite

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XpoProvider= SQLite ;Data Source=filename

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XML file

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XpoProvider= InMemoryDataStore ;data source=D:\Contacts.xml;read only=True

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Click Next to proceed to the next wizard page: Save the Connection String.

Footnotes

  1. The Microsoft SQL Server data provider is automatically specified if you set the “Initial Catalog” parameter and do not use the word “Provider” (for instance, the “XpoProvider” parameter) in the connection string.