The Outbound Oracle Applications Adapter properties, accessed from the Environment Explorer tree, are organized into the following sections:
The JDBC Connector Settings section of the Outbound Oracle Applications Environment contains the top-level parameters displayed in the following table.
Table 1 Outbound Adapter Environment JDBC Connector Settings
Name |
Description |
Required Value |
---|---|---|
Description |
Enter a description for the database. |
A valid string. |
ServerName |
Specifies the host name of the external database server. |
Any valid string. |
DatabaseName |
Specifies the name of the database instance used on the Server. |
Any valid string. |
PortNumber |
Specifies the I/O port number on which the server is listening for connection requests. |
A valid port number. The default is 1521. |
User |
Specifies the user name that the Adapter uses to connect to the database. |
Any valid string. |
Password |
Specifies the password used to access the database. |
Any valid string. |
DriverProperties |
Use the JDBC driver that is shipped with this Adapter. Often times the DataSource implementation needs to execute additional methods to assure a connection. You must identify the additional methods in the Driver Properties. |
Any valid delimiter. Valid delimiters are: “<method-name-1>#<param-1>#<param-2>##.........<param-n>##<method-name-2>#<param-1>#<param-2>#........<param-n>##......##” For example: to execute the method setURL, give the method a String for the URL “setURL#<url>##”. |
Delimiter |
This is the delimiter character to be used in the DriverProperties prompt. |
The default is #. |
TNSEntry |
Specifies the TNS name for the Oracle instance specified in TNSNAMES.ORA. If a TNS name is specified, then the OCI driver is used, which further requires installation of the Oracle client. If a TNS name is not specified, then the thin driver is used. |
A valid TNS name if using the OCI driver; otherwise do not enter any value. |
MinPoolSize |
The minimum number of physical connections the pool keeps available at all times. 0 (zero) indicates that there are no physical connections in the pool and new connections are created as needed. |
A valid numeric value. The default is 2. |
MaxPoolSize |
The maximum number of physical connections the pool keeps available at all times. 0 (zero) indicates that there is no maximum. |
A valid numeric value. The default is 10. |
MaxIdleTime |
The maximum number of seconds that a physical connection may remain unused before it is closed. 0 (zero) indicates that there is no limit. |
A valid numeric value. |
The Connection Retry Settings section of the Outbound Oracle Applications Environment contains the top-level parameters displayed in the following table.
Table 2 Outbound Adapter Environment Connection Retry Settings
Name |
Description |
Required Value |
---|---|---|
ConnectionRetries |
Specifies the number of retries to establish a connection with the Oracle database upon a failure to acquire one. |
An integer indicating the number of attempts allowed to establish a connection. The configured default is 0. |
ConnectionRetry Interval |
Specifies the configured length of the pause before each reattempt to access the destination file. This property is used in conjunction with the property ConnectionRetries. |
An integer indicating the configured length of the time (in milliseconds) before each reattempt to access the destination file. The configured default is 1000 (1 second). |