A database URL is used to specify a database instance to connect to, and is used in the phixflow-datasource.xml file. It includes the type of database, the host it is running on, and (generally) a database instance on the host.
These are the URL formats for the database platforms that PhixFlow currently supports.
| Platform | Connection String |
|---|---|
Oracle | jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521:phixflow |
| Oracle (> 12c with PDB containers)1 | jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521/phixflow |
Microsoft SQL Server | jdbc:sqlserver://hostname\myservice;databaseName=phixflow |
| MariaDB | jdbc:mariadb://hostname/phixflow |
Oracle's MySQL (not supported | jdbc:mysql://hostname/phixflow |
Where:
hostname | The name of the host which supports the database. If the database is on the same host as the Tomcat web server, user localhost |
phixflow | The name of the database. |
1For Oracle 12c and above, if you are using PDB (pluggable database) containers, you should use a '/' instead of ':' before [SID], so that [SID] is treated as a SERVICE name rather than an SID.
There is also an option to add the line 'USE_SID_AS_SERVICE_listener=on' to the tnsnames.ora Oracle configuration file. This allows you to treat SID's as service names by default. This is provided by Oracle as a workaround for users who have hard-coded connection strings that are difficult to change by hand, and so should not be necessary for PhixFlow configuration.
For more information, see the following Oracle documentation links:
Introduction to the Multitenant Architecture (including an explanation of PDB's)