Operating Systems: i5/OS
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Data source collection

 

Use this page to view configured data sources, which are the resources that provide connections to your relational database. You can access this administrative console page in one of two ways:

Vrequirement: If you are using the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) 1.0 specification and the Java Servlet 2.2 specification, you must use the Data sources (WebSphere Application Server V4) console page.

Name

Specifies the display name of this data source.

Click a data source name to edit the data source configuration settings.

Data type String

JNDI name

Specifies the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) name for this data source.

Data type String

Scope

Scope of the JDBC provider that encapsulates the driver implementation classes to support this data source. Only applications that are installed within this scope can use this data source.

Provider

Specifies the JDBC provider that encapsulates the appropriate classes.

Description

Specifies a text description of the data source.

Data type String

Category

Specifies a string used to to classify or group a data source.

Data type String




Sub-topics


Data source settings

WebSphere Application Server data source properties

 

Related concepts


JDBC providers
Data sources

 

Related tasks


Configuring a data source using the administrative console
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider and data source using the Java Management Extensions API
Configuring a JDBC provider and data source

 

Related Reference


Administrative console preference settings

 

Reference topic