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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Driver Definition</h1> |
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| <div><p>Create a driver to connect to a specific database.</p> |
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| <span class="uicontrol">Window</span> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span> |
| </span> from the main menu bar.</span> |
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| <span>Expand <span class="menucascade"> |
| <span class="uicontrol">Data Management</span> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Connectivity</span> |
| </span> and select <span class="uicontrol">Driver Definitions</span>.</span> |
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| <span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Name/Type</span> tab, select a driver template.</span> |
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| <span>(Optional) Select a <span class="uicontrol">Vendor Filter</span> to display only those databases for a specific vendor.</span> |
| </li> |
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| <li id="asc1229700372057__substep_01D08FCA9E494A84AE493233FB79C2EE"><a name="asc1229700372057__substep_01D08FCA9E494A84AE493233FB79C2EE"><!-- --></a> |
| <span>Select a driver template.</span> |
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| <span>(Optional) Modify the <span class="uicontrol">Driver Name</span> if a driver definition with this name already exists.</span> |
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| <span>In the <span class="uicontrol">JAR List</span> tab, indicate the path to the JAR or ZIP file associated with the driver.</span> |
| <a name="asc1229700372057__d27e187"><!-- --></a><ol type="a" id="asc1229700372057__d27e187"> |
| <li id="asc1229700372057__d27e189"><a name="asc1229700372057__d27e189"><!-- --></a> |
| <span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Add JAR/Zip.</span> |
| </span> |
| </li> |
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| <li id="asc1229700372057__d27e198"><a name="asc1229700372057__d27e198"><!-- --></a> |
| <span>Browse to the location of the JAR or ZIP file.</span> |
| </li> |
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| <span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Open</span>.</span> |
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| <span>(Optional) In the <span class="uicontrol">Properties</span> tab, modify the default properties for the driver definition template.</span> |
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| <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Options in the <span class="uicontrol">Properties</span> tab vary based on database server type. You can edit or enter a property in the <span class="uicontrol">Value</span> box.</div> |
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| <span>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>.</span> |
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| <div><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br/> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700328274.html" title="The Data Source Explorer contains connection profile instances.">Data Source Explorer View</a></div> |
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| <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br/> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700329696.html" title="Set preferences for how nodes get displayed for Open Data Access, connection profiles and driver definitions.">Setting Connectivity Preferences</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700344899.html" title="A connection profile contains the connection property information needed to connect to a database runtime instance.">Creating a Database Connection Profile</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700373666.html" title="Edit an existing driver definition.">Editing a Driver Definition</a></div> |
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| <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br/> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700331243.html" title="Determines how connection profile information displays: grouped by schema or listed alphabetically with database object owner in parentheses next to the object name.">Database Connection Profile Preferences</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700332633.html" title="Add, edit, or delete driver definitions for a specific database server. Connection profiles use driver definitions to establish database connections.">Driver Definitions</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700334258.html" title="Set label decorations preferences to set the display format of objects appearing in the Database Development perspective.">Label Decorations Preferences</a></div> |
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