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<h1 class="topictitle1"> Driver Definitions</h1>
<div><p>Add, edit, or delete driver definitions for a specific database server. Connection profiles use driver definitions to establish database connections.
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<p>Driver details can include driver classes, URL, and JAR locations, but this is dependent on the requirements of each driver. You can define driver definitions before you create connection profiles, or when you create or edit a connection profile that requires a driver definition.</p>
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<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" id="d339e60">Option</th>
<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" id="d339e63">Description</th>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Vendor Filter</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Select a specific database vendor to just list the drivers for that vendor.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Driver Definitions list</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Lists existing driver definitions.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Add</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Create a new driver definition.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Edit</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Edit the selected driver definition.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Remove</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Remove the selected driver definition.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e60 ">Copy</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e63 ">Copy the selected driver definition. If you want to change the copy's name from the default, edit the driver definition.</td>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="asc1229700332633__table_0EB4EC579B084FBFA154C3D593C02EA9"><!-- --></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="asc1229700332633__table_0EB4EC579B084FBFA154C3D593C02EA9" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap">Table 2. New/Edit Driver Definition Name/Type tab</span></caption>
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<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" id="d339e143">Option</th>
<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" id="d339e146">Description</th>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e143 ">Vendor Filter (New only)</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e146 ">Select a specific database vendor to just list the driver templates for that vendor.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e143 ">Available Driver Templates (New only)</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e146 ">Select a driver that corresponds with your database server.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e143 ">Driver Name</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e146 ">(Optional) Modify the default or existing name, which is based on the driver definition name.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e143 ">Driver Type</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e146 ">Displays the driver type.</td>
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<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" id="d339e207">Option</th>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e207 ">Driver Files</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e210 ">Lists the existing JARs or ZIPs associated with this driver defintion.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e207 ">Add JAR/Zip</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e210 ">Add a JAR or ZIP to the driver definition.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e207 ">Edit JAR/Zip</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e210 ">Change the selected JAR or ZIP to a different one. You can also change the path information for all JARs and ZIPs.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e207 ">Remove JAR/Zip</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e210 ">Remove the selected JAR or ZIP file.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e207 ">Clear All</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="NaN%" headers="d339e210 ">Remove all listed JAR and ZIP files.</td>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Options in the <span class="uicontrol">Properties</span> tab vary based on database server type. You can edit or enter a property in the <span class="uicontrol">Value</span> box.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700329696.html" title="Set preferences for how nodes get displayed for Open Data Access, connection profiles and driver definitions.">Setting Connectivity Preferences</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br/>
<div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700329696.html" title="Set preferences for how nodes get displayed for Open Data Access, connection profiles and driver definitions.">Setting Connectivity Preferences</a></div>
<div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700344899.html" title="A connection profile contains the connection property information needed to connect to a database runtime instance.">Creating a Database Connection Profile</a></div>
<div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700372057.html" title="Create a driver to connect to a specific database.">Creating a Driver Definition</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br/>
<div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700331243.html" title="Determines how connection profile information displays: grouped by schema or listed alphabetically with database object owner in parentheses next to the object name.">Database Connection Profile Preferences</a></div>
<div><a href="../../doc/html/asc1229700334258.html" title="Set label decorations preferences to set the display format of objects appearing in the Database Development perspective.">Label Decorations Preferences</a></div>
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