Scope

Languages: .NET, Ruby, Java, RPG, Visual FoxPro, Cobol
DBMS: SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 for iSeries, Informix, PostgreSQL, MySQL, iSeries Native, DB2 UDB

Purpose

Configures the information required to access the database for all possible technologies. 

Values

ADO.NET: used by the Client/Server generators defined in the Environment.
ODBC: used by the Visual FoxPro generator defined in the Environment.
JDBC: used by the Java generator defined in the Environment.
Ruby: used by the Ruby generator defined in the Environment.
iSeries Native: used by RPG and Cobol generators defined in the Environment.

How to apply changes? Build any object

Description

It is important to point out that when selecting a value in the option ‘Access technology to set’ different options are enabled which are saved separately, and are used by the different generators. For example, you can have one configuration under ADO.NET that is used by all knowledge base objects generated with .NET and under JDBC you have another configuration that is used by the objects generated with Java