Custom Connection String
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Select Custom connection string and specify the connection string.
Use the XpoProvider parameter to identify a data source provider.
Note
The DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql.SqlDataSource component supports only XPO connection strings. Review the following KB article for more information on how to construct a connection string in the correct format:
How to create a correct connection string for XPO providers.
The connection string examples are shown in the table below.
Relational Database System | Connection String Sample |
|---|---|
Microsoft SQL Server | XpoProvider=MSSqlServer;Data Source=(local);User ID=username;Password=password;Initial Catalog=database;Persist Security Info=true The MS 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. |
Microsoft Access | 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=; |
Microsoft SQL Server CE | XpoProvider=MSSqlServerCE;Data Source=MyDatabase.sdf;Password=MyPassword |
Oracle Database | 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 |
Amazon Redshift | XpoProvider=Amazon Redshift;Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Encoding=UNICODE |
Google BigQuery | XpoProvider=BigQuery;ProjectID=myProject;DataSetId=myDataSet;OAuthClientId=myClientId;OAuthClientSecret=mySecret;OAuthRefreshToken=myRefreshToken XpoProvider=BigQuery;ProjectId=project;DatasetId=dataset;ServiceAccountEmail=example@gmail.com;PrivateKeyFileName=key.p12 |
Teradata | XpoProvider=Teradata;Data Source=myServerAddress;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword; |
SAP HANA | XpoProvider=Hana;server=myServerAddress:40000;uid=user;pwd=password; |
SAP Sybase Advantage | XpoProvider=Advantage;Data Source=\myserver\myvolume\mypat\mydd.add;ServerType=local;User ID=ASSSYS;TrimTrailingSpaces=true |
SAP Sybase ASE | XpoProvider=Ase;Port=5000;Data Source=MyAseServer;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Persist Security Info=true |
SAP SQL Anywhere | XpoProvider=Asa;eng=server;uid=user;pwd=password;dbn=database;persist security info=true; |
IBM DB2 | XpoProvider=DB2;Server=server:port;Database=database;UID=user;PWD=password; |
Firebird | XpoProvider=Firebird;DataSource=localhost;User=SYSDBA;Password=masterkey;Database=MyDatabase.fdb;ServerType=0;Charset=NONE |
MySQL | XpoProvider=MySql;Server=MyServerAddress;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Persist Security Info= true;Charset=utf8 |
Pervasive PSQL | XpoProvider=Pervasive;Server=MyServerAddress;UID=MyUserName;PWD=MyPassword;ServerDSN=MyDatabase |
PostgreSQL | XpoProvider=Postgres;Server=127.0.0.1;User ID=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Database=MyDatabase;Encoding=UNICODE |
VistaDB | XpoProvider=VistaDB;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.vdb4 XpoProvider=VistaDB5;Data Source=C:\mydatabase.vdb5 |
SQLite | XpoProvider=SQLite;Data Source=filename |
XML file | XpoProvider=InMemoryDataStore;data source=D:\Contacts.xml;read only=True |
Note
The connection strings demonstrated above are examples. You can specify alternative variants.
Click Next to proceed to the next wizard page: Save the Connection String.