Specify advanced configuration of database connections

Use the Advanced option in the Database Connection dialog box to configure properties associated with how SQL is generated. With these properties, you can set a standard across all your SQL tools, ETL tools, and design tools.

1. Open the Database Connection dialog box in PUC or PDI.

2. Click Advanced on the left pane.

   The available options depend on whether you are using PUC or PDI as shown below:

3. Check the appropriate boxes and enter the SQL statements as described in the following table:

   Identifier	Description
   Supports the Boolean data type*	Instructs PDI to use native Boolean data types supported by the database.
   Supports the timestamp data type*	Instructs PDI to use the timestamp data type supported by the database.
   Quote all in database	Enables case-sensitive table names. For example, MySQL is case-sensitive on Linux, but not case-sensitive on Microsoft Windows. If you quote the identifiers, the databases uses a case-sensitive table name.
   Force all to lower-case	Enables the system to change the case of all database to lower-case.
   Force all to upper-case	Enables the system to change the case of all identifiers to upper-case.
   Preserve case of reserved words*	Instructs PDI to use a list of reserved words supported by the database.
   Preferred schema name*	For PDI, enter the preferred schema name (for example, MYSCHEMA).
   SQL statements	Enter the SQL statement used to initialize this connection.

   Note: Which preferences appear depends on if you are accessing the dialog box from PUC or PDI. The additional fields available in PDI are indicated with an asterisk (*).

4. Click Test. A success message appears if the connection is established. Click OK to close the connection test dialog box.

5. To save the connection, click OK to close the Database Connection dialog box.