Server Property

Gets or sets the Server type of the external data source.

object.Server = value

Where object is an object expression that evaluates to one of the controls in the Applies To list, and value is a value or constant as described in Settings.

Use

Distributed Data Management (DDM) is used to support databases on IBM i and IBM z hosts. It provides native record level access to databases that support DDM.

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is used to support databases that support ODBC or OLE DB. Most major database vendors provide drivers that allow ADO access. Examples of Databases that are accessible through ADO are Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Microsoft Access. There are also ADO drivers available to access Microsoft Excel and even plain text files.

Settings

Refer to Server Constants (Database Connections), Server Constants (RPC Connections) and Server Constants (FTP Connections) for a list of available values for the Server property.

See Also

DBConnect action | RPCConnect action | ConnectionString property | Source property

Applies To

RPC Connection object

DB Connection object

FTP Connection object

DataGrid control

Data control


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