Connection strings for Informix

 The following providers can be used when connecting to Informix

IBM Informix .NET Provider (IfxConnection)
Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro
IBM Informix OLE DB Provider
.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB (OleDbConnection)
IBM Informix ODBC Driver
Informix-CLI 2.5
.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC (OdbcConnection)

IBM Informix .NET Provider

Type:    .NET Framework Class Library
Usage:  IBM.Data.Informix.IfxConnection

Manufacturer:  IBM

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Standard

Database=myDataBase;Host=192.168.10.10;Server=db_engine_tcp;Service=1492; Protocol=onsoctcp;UID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

 

 

Luxena dbExpress driver for Informix Pro

Type:    Native driver
Usage: 

Manufacturer:  Luxena
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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.

 

IBM Informix OLE DB Provider

Type:    OLE DB Provider
Usage:  Provider=Ifxoledbc

Manufacturer:  IBM

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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

Type:    .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
Usage:  System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection

Manufacturer:  Microsoft
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Bridging to IBM Informix OLE DB Provider

This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OleDbConnection class that calls the underlying OLEDB provider. See respective OLE DB provider for more connection strings to use with this class.

Provider=Ifxoledbc;Data Source=dbName@serverName;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

 

 

IBM Informix ODBC Driver

Type:    ODBC Driver
Usage:  Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT}

Manufacturer:  IBM

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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

Type:    ODBC Driver
Usage:  Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)}

Manufacturer:  IBM

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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

Type:    .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
Usage:  System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection

Manufacturer:  Microsoft
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Bridging to Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit) ODBC Driver

This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OdbcConnection class that calls the underlying ODBC Driver. See respective ODBC driver for more connection strings to use with this class.

Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;

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