Using connection parameters

Following is a list of connection parameters that can be supplied to the ASE OLE DB Provider.

**Table 2-1: Connection parameters**
Property names	Description	Required	Default value
User ID, UserID, UID	A case-sensitive user ID required to connect to the ASE server.	Yes	None
PWD, Password	A case-sensitive password to connect to the ASE server.	No, if the user name does not require a password.	Empty
Server	The name or the IP address of the ASE server.	No, if data source is specified.	Empty
Port	The port number of the ASE server.	No, if data source is specified.	Empty
AnsiNull	Strict compliance where you cannot use “= NULL.” Instead, you must use “IsNull.”	No	1
ApplicationName	The name ASE uses to identify the client application.	No	Empty
BufferCacheSize	Keeps the input and output buffers in pool. When large results will occur, increase this value to boost performance.	No	20
CharSet	The designated character set. The specified character set must be installed on the ASE server. Starting with version 15.0, the charset behavior has changed. If you want to use the ASE server's charset, you must specify it in the connection properties with Charset=ServerDefault. Otherwise, the driver picks up the charset which the client specifies, or gets it from the system environment variables in the order of LC_CTYPE and LANG. If both the environment variables have not been defined, it uses the value iso_1.	No	Empty
ClientHostName	The name of the client host passed in the login record to the server.	No	Empty
ClientHostProc	The identity of the client process on this host machine passed in the login record to the server.	No	Empty
CRC	By default, the driver returns the total records updated when multiple update statements are executed in a stored procedure. This count will also include all updates happening as part of the triggers set on an update or an insert. Set this property to 0 if you want the driver to return only the last update count.	No	1
DataIntegrity	Enables Kerberos Data Integrity.	No	0 (disabled)
Data Source	The Data Source you want to connect in Server:Port format.	No, if server and port are specified.	Empty
DSPassword	The password used to authenticate on the LDAP server, if the LDAP server does not allow anonymous access. The password can be specified in the DSURL as well.	No	Empty
DSPrincipal	The user name used to authenticate on the LDAP server, if the LDAP server does not allow anonymous access. The Principal can be specified in the DSURL as well.	No	Empty
DSURL	The URL to the LDAP server.	No	Empty
DynamicPrepare	When set to 1, the driver sends SQLPrepare calls to ASE to compile/prepare. This can boost performance if you use the same query repeatedly.	No	0
EnableServerPacketSize	Allows ASE server versions 15.0 or later to choose the optimal packetsize.	No	1
EncryptedPassword	Specifies if password encryption is enabled: 0 indicates password encryption is disabled, 1 indicates password encryption is enabled.	No	0
Encryption	The designated encryption. Possible values: ssl.	No	Empty
HASession	Specifies if high availability is enabled: 0 indicates high availability disabled, 1 high availability enabled.	No	0
Initial Catalog, Database	The database to which you want to connect.	No	Empty
Language	The language in which ASE returns error messages.	No	Empty – ASE uses English by default.
LoginTimeOut	Number of seconds to wait for a login attempt before returning to the application. If set to 0, the timeout is disabled and a connection attempt waits for an indefinite period of time.	No	10
MutualAuthentication	Enables Kerberos Mutual Authentication.	No	0 (disabled)
PacketSize	The number of bytes per network packet transferred between ASE and the client.	No	Server determined when driver is connected to ASE 15.0 or later. For older ASE servers the default is 512.
QuotedIdentifier	Specifies if ASE treats character strings enclosed in double quotes as identifiers: 0 indicates do not enable quoted identifiers, 1 indicates enable quoted identifiers.	No	0
ReplayDetection	Enables Kerberos Replay Detection.	No	0
RestrictMaximum PacketSize	If the you have memory constraints when EnableServerPacketSize is set to 1, then set this property to an int value in multiples of 512 to a maximum of 65536.	No	0
SecondaryPort	The port number of the ASE server acting as a failover server in an active-active or active-passive setup.	Yes, if HASession is set to 1	Empty
SecondaryServer	The name or the IP address of the ASE server acting as a failover server in an active-active or active-passive setup.	Yes, if HASession is set to 1	Empty
ServerInitiated Transactions	When SQL_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT is set to “1,” Adaptive Server starts managing transactions as needed. The driver issues a set chained on command on the connection. Older ODBC Drivers do not use this feature and manage the job of starting transactions. Set this property to’'0’ if you want to maintain the old behavior or require that your connection not use “chained” transaction mode.	No	1
TextSize	The maximum size of binary or text data that will be sent over the wire.	No	Empty. ASE default is 32K.
TrustedFile	If encryption is set to ssl, this property should be set to the path to the Trusted File.	No	Empty
UseCursor	Specifies whether cursors are to be used by the driver: 0 indicates do not use cursors, and 1 indicates use cursors.	No	0