Introduction to PowerBuilder

Database Profiles in v6.0

The improved and redesigned database profile dialog box in version 6.0 displays existing database profiles using a treeview control sorted by database interface.

This dialog box prompts you for database specific parameters which wasn't available till version 6.0. Another good thing about this dialog box is, all the parameters are categorized. That means, you don't have to remember 10s of parameters for each database, instead you can fill-it-in. Once you provide all the details, you can also preview and copy the SQLCA syntax from the 'Preview' tab page, that means, you don't have to type in all the code.

If the ODBC configuration file is not existing for a specific database, you can configure ODBC right from this dialog box.

Infact, they can remove 'File/Configure ODBC...' menu option in the database painter, since that option is already available in this dialog box.

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