{ DatabaseKey | DBKEY }=key

Anywhere

None

You must specify this parameter when you start an encrypted database with a connect request. You do not need to specify this parameter if you are connecting to an encrypted database that is already running.

If you want to secure communication packets between client applications and the database server, use the -ec server option and transport-layer security. See Transport-layer security.

• Configuring client applications to use transport-layer security
• -ec dbeng12/dbsrv12 server option
• -ek dbeng12/dbsrv12 database option
• -ep dbeng12/dbsrv12 server option
• -es dbeng12/dbsrv12 server option
• Using connection parameters
• Encryption (ENC) connection parameter

The following fragment illustrates the use of the DatabaseKey (DBKEY) connection parameter:

"UID=DBA;PWD=sql;Server=myeng;DBKEY=V3moj3952B;DBF=samples-dir\demo.db"