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IBM Informix .NET Provider
Standard
Database=myDataBase;Host=192.168.10.10;Server=db_engine_tcp;Service=1492;
Protocol=onsoctcp;UID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
IBM Informix OLE DB Provider
Standard
Provider=Ifxoledbc;Data Source=dbName@serverName;User ID=myUsername;
Password=myPassword;
Persisting security info in the connection string
Provider=Ifxoledbc;Data Source=dbName@serverName;User ID=myUsername;
Password=myPassword;Persist Security Info=true;
.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB
Use an OLE DB provider from .NET
Provider=any oledb provider’s name;OledbKey1=someValue;OledbKey2=someValue;
See the respective OLEDB provider’s connection strings options. The .net OleDbConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified OLEDB provider. Read more here.
IBM Informix ODBC Driver
Informix 3.30
Dsn=”;Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT};Host=hostname;Server=myServerAddress;
Service=service-name;Protocol=olsoctcp;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;
Pwd=myPassword;
Informix-CLI 2.5
Informix-CLI 2.5:
Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;
Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC
Use an ODBC driver from .NET
Driver={any odbc driver’s name};OdbcKey1=someValue;OdbcKey2=someValue;
See the respective ODBC driver’s connection strings options. The .net OdbcConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified ODBC driver. Read more here.
Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro
Standard
The connection string is provided through the “HostName” parameter that exists in TSQLConnection.Params collection.
InformixServer=myServerAddress;Client_Locale=en_us.8859-1;Fet_Buf_Size=32767;
OptOFC=1;AutoCommit=True;BlobSize=-1;WaitOnLocks=False;CommitRetain=False;
IsolationLevel=ReadCommitted;Trim Char=False;money=currency;decimal=bcd;
int8=fmtbcd;lvarchar=string;
Standard dbExpress configuration parameters have higher priority against connection string parameters.