Adding a New Driver

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You can add any one of the predefined drivers by choosing Databases and chooseDrivers in the Runtime tab of the Explorer.

To add your own driver:

  1. In the Runtime tab of the Explorer, expand the Databases node.
  2. Right-click the Drivers node and choose Add Driver.
  3. In the Add JDBC Driver dialog box, click the Add button to open a file chooser. Then navigate to and select the archive files of the driver that you want to add.

    Once you choose a valid archive file, the Driver Class and the Name fields should be filled in by IDE.

  4. If the Driver Class field is empty or incorrect, type in the fully qualified driver class name. For example: COM.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver. If you click the Find button, the IDE will try to find the appropriate class for you.
  5. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for the new driver.

    The IDE uses this name only for display purposes.

  6. Click OK to add the new driver to the list.

    Later, you can remove a driver by selecting it in the Explorer, right-clicking, and choosing Delete, or you can open the property sheet and modify its configurations. You can also remove the driver using the keyboard.

tip Adding a new driver just creates a template for new connections. The IDE does not actually try to use that driver or check to make sure it is the correct one until a connection is made using the driver.


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Connecting to a Database

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