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Screen ShotODBC options can be set to determine the behavior of connections through this data source and to allow some client side debugging. The ODBC Options dialog has three tabs:

  • General
  • SQL Statement
  • Trace

 

Screen ShotGeneral

The following settings can be defined in the General section of the ODBC Options dialog:

Show Splash Window - Display a splash window when a connection is being established through this data source. Default - Off

Show Downloaded Record Status Window - Display the status (current row count) of records being downloaded through this data source. Default - Off

Maximum Download Buffer size - Define the down load buffer size in K bytes. Default - 64

Interrupt after downloading - Download specified number of rows then prompt the user to download more or stop download. Default - Off. Default number - 100

Continue download after waiting n seconds - If interrupt after downloading is On, will continue with download if user does not respond to prompt within n seconds. Default - 5 seconds.

Require User Name and Password - Will prompt for user name and password for each connection. Default - Off

Save User Name and Password - If Require user name and password is On, will store user name and password in the data source. Default - Off

 

Screen ShotSQL Statement

The following settings can be defined in the SQL Statement section of the ODBC Options dialog:

Use OMNIDEX SQL Optimization / No OMNIDEX SQL Optimization - Allow Omnidex to optimize the SQL for maximum performance enhancement.

On Optimization Error - Set behavior when SQL could not be optimized.
Disallow SQL Statement - SQL statement will fail - default
Resend to Native Database - Pass the SQL to the underlying database.
Prompt for further action - Prompt the user for instructions

Cartesian Retrieval - Set behavior when SQL statement will result in a cartesian product.
Disallow SQL Statement - SQL statement will fail - default
Allow SQL Statement - SQL results will be a cartesian product
Prompt for further action - Prompt the user for instructions

Show $ROWID column on a detail table - Default - On

Disable Cursor Scrolling in SQLExtendedFetch - Default - Off

Trim Values on Character Data type Column - Trim leading and trailing blanks. Default - Off

 

Screen ShotTrace

The following settings can be defined in the Trace section of the ODBC Options dialog to enable or disable client side ODBC tracing on this data source:

Trace Option - Turn tracing on or off
No Trace - Default
Always Trace
Trace Once

Trace Log File - The output filespec that tracing information will be written to.

Overwrite Trace File - If the output file already exists, overwrite it. Default - On

Trace Clocks Only - Only write information pertaining elapsed time for each Omnidex process

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