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10 <h1>Specifying JDBC Connection Details</h1>
11 <p>Once a JDBC Driver has been selected, provide the JDBC connection details such as
12 userid, password and JDBC connection URL.</p>
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16 <p>Please note that passwords are stored relatively unsecurely in a QuantumDB
17 configuration file. A more secure option might be to select the "Prompt for
18 Password" option. When this option is selected, QuantumDB will prompt the user
19 for a password whenever it tries to connect to the database.
21 <p>QuantumDB provides extra JDBC URL assistance for some well-known drivers. For example,
22 if you're using the standard PostgreSQL driver, <code>org.postgresql.Driver</code>, you'll
23 see the following screen:</p>
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27 <p>Similarly, the standard IBM Informix driver provides the following screen:</p>
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