The Connection Agent

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The connection agent can be thought of as the gatekeeper to your databases and LDAP systems as far as exposing data to PerfectForms™. The connection agent is required for the following connection types:

 

Database (Oracle 10g XE, SQL Server 2005 / 2008, MySQL 5.0 / 5.5, Sybase ASE 15.0)
Directory services (LDAP/Active Directory)
Text/CSV files

 

If a form needs access to a database then contact the database administrator or system administrator and provide the following information:

 

The database that needs to be accessed
Which tables need to be accessed
Which users or user groups should be granted access

 

The database administrator can then provide a user name and password that gives access only to specific databases and tables. The database administrator can control who is able to build forms that have read-only or read-write access to specific databases. A PerfectForms™ administrator is then given the login details and can set up connections that talk to the connection agent.

 

Updated: 30/03/2012  Page url: http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/?lookup_agent.htm
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