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# Structure of ODBC jEDI Initialization Files

# jEDIdrivers.ini File Structure

The parameters below are found within the [General] section of the jEDIdrivers.ini file (note the parameters ARE case sensitive):

File Parameter	Parameter Definition
JRLAlock = 0	Specifies that jBASE will handle the locking of records (currently the jEDI drivers do not handle locking at the RDBMS level)
FullyExpanded = 0	Controls how multi-values are stored across primary and secondary tables
PasswdsEncrypted = 0	Specifies whether or not passwords for RDBMS logins are encrypted
TblSep = __	Specifies the literal separator character(s) used between primary and secondary tables
VMCSep = __	Specifies the literal separator character(s) used between the literal string "VMC", and the name of a multi/sub-value group association name used for storing the value count of a repeating group.
CSVdir = /home/myuser/csv	Specifies the directory where CSV definitions are stored for controlling the mapping between attributes and columns

At the bottom of this section there is an example of a valid jEDIdrivers.ini file. In the section titled [ODBC], the settings default, mssql, and msmatrix are simply the name of the given ODBC driver connection information strings. These strings specify the *DSN,*User ID, and database name the driver uses to connect to the target RDBMS. Their names can be any lowercase alphabetical string (no spaces allowed), however, it's best to name them something that helps identify the driver they correspond to.

# Note #1

It is highly recommended to have a default connect setting (see example jEDIdrivers.ini file below). Otherwise, the CONNECT qualifier will be required when performing a CREATE-FILE.

The sections following the [ODBC] section (ODBC_label) are used for storing the password information needed to connect the ODBCdrivers to their corresponding RDBMS server. The names of these sections correspond to the names of the driver connection strings within the [ODBC] section, with the literal "ODBC_" string followed by the name of the driver connection string (ie. In the example jEDIdrivers.ini file below, since the name of the first driver connection string in the [ODBC] section is named "default", the section name for the first password information section is "ODBC_default").

# Note #2

Although the password can be part of the connection string (PWD=password), it cannot be encrypted in the connection string. If you wish to use an encrypted password, the encrypted password must be in the section denoted by ODBC_label. To generate an encrypted password, use the jEDIDKencrypt command. After the encrypted password is outputted to your terminal, copy it, and use it to set the psswd parameter under your specified ODBC_labelfield. jEDIDKencrypt syntax:
jEDIDKencrypt <password>

Additionally, the settings under [General] can be repeated with alternate values under the ODBC_label sections. For example you may have PasswdsEncrypted = 1 under [General] but have PasswordsEncrypted = 0 under one or more of your ODBC_label sections.

Example jEDIdrivers.ini file:

[General]
JRLAlock = 0
FullyExpanded = 0
PasswdsEncrypted = 0
TblSep = __
VMCSep = __
CSVdir = /dbms/JEDICSV

[ODBC]
default = DSN=MySQL;UID=user;DATABASE=db
mssql = DSN=MSSQL;UID=sa_new;DATABASE=ds_Portal_prod
msmatrix = DSN=MSSQL;UID=sa_new;DATABASE=hs_label_matrix
pgdemo = DSN=PostgreSQL;UID=postgres;DATABASE=demo

[PostgreSQL]
date = date
time = time
timestamp = timestamp

[ODBC_default]
passwd = expswrd

[ODBC_mssql]
PasswdsEncrypted = 1
passwd = xiCixHC0SM1UMR5e2zdCq+iU66cPSU30

[ODBC_msmatrix]
passwd = expswrd

[ODBC_pgdemo]
passwd = postgres

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# Note #3

By default date, time and timestamp types all default to DATETIME. For databases such as PostgreSQL you need to create a section keyed by the DSN value (see the example above) and specify the data types for:

date
time
timestamp

Additional data types are:

char
varchar
number
decimal
text

Where text is akin to BLOB.

# Note #4

Any value, or part thereof, can make use of an environment variable. Environment variables are always in the format of $variable, and the / character for the CSVdir is the same for both Linux/Unix and Windows.

In the file example above, if environment variable JBCDATADIR was set to /dbms, the CVSdir parameter would look like the following:

CSVdir = $JBCDATADIR/JEDICSV

# odbc.ini File Structure

Below is an example of an odbc.ini file. The odbc.ini file can contain descriptions for more than one ODBC driver. The section titles [MySQL] and [MSSQL] within this file correspond to the DSN parameters in the jEDIdrivers.ini file.

# Note #4

The parameters displayed under each driver section differ depending on which RDBMS driver is being defined.

Example odbc.ini file:

[MySQL]
Description    = DSN for jEDI
Driver         = MySQL
Server         = 172.17.0.5
Port           = 3306
Socket         = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Database       = db
Option         = 3

[MSSQL]
Driver = ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
Server = tcp:172.16.100.48
MARS_Connection=Yes

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# odbcinst.ini File Structure

Below is an example of an odbcinst.ini file. This file defines the UNIX shared library ODBC drivers for their corresponding DSN's driver setting in the odbc.ini file. The odbcinst.ini is typically created/updated when installing an ODBCdriver for a specific RDBMS.

Example odbcinst.ini file:

#Example driver definition
#Driver from the mysql-connector-odbc package
#Setup from the unixODBC package
[MySQL]
Description=ODBC for MySQL
Driver=/usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so
Setup=/usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so
Driver64=/usr/lib64/libmyodbc5.so
Setup64=/usr/lib64/libodbcmyS.so
FileUsage=1

#Example driver definition
#Driver from the mssql-connector-odbc package
#Setup from the unixODBC package
[ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]
Description=Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
Driver=/opt/microsoft/msodbcsql17/lib64/libmsodbcsql-17.3.so.1.1
UsageCount=1

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Introduction to the ODBC jEDI

Installing the ODBC jEDI on Linux/UNIX

Installing the ODBC jEDI on Windows

Structure of ODBC jEDI Mapping Files

Configuring the ODBC jEDI on Linux/UNIX

Configuring the ODBC jEDI on Windows

Using the ODBC jEDI

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