Controls whether TDS connections to a database server are allowed.

Usage

TCP/IP (server side only)

Values

YES, NO

Default

YES

Remarks

To disallow TDS connections to a database server, set TDS to NO. If you want to ensure that only encrypted connections are made to your server, this protocol option is the only way to disallow TDS connections.

See also

• -ec server option

Example

The following command starts a database server using the TCP/IP protocol, but disallowing connections from Open Client or jConnect applications.

dbsrv11 -x tcpip(TDS=NO) ...