D Bundled JDBC Drivers
Learn about the JDBC drivers that are bundled with the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) SDK.
D.1 About Bundled JDBC Drivers
Learn about the five JDBC drivers that are bundled with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
When you create a collection plug-in, you can use it to extract audit records from a database table. To do this, you must have a JDBC driver to connect to the database. Drivers for most common databases are bundled with the SDK.
The Oracle AVDF SDK ships with 5 different JDBC drivers, some that are standard to the product and some that are proprietary drivers provided by Oracle for specific third-party databases.
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Standard
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Oracle
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MySQL
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Proprietary
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Sybase
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Microsoft SQL Server
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DB2
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You are not required to use any of these JDBC drivers. You can use drivers that you have acquired elsewhere. However, if you plan to use any of the listed drivers, then in your mapper file, and when registering a target, you must provide the information in the following table:
Table D-1 JDBC Drivers and Connecting URLs
Database | Driver Class | Connecting URL |
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Oracle |
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MySQL |
N/A |
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SQLServer |
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DB2 |
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Sybase |
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D.2 Connecting URLs
Use the correct Connection URL for the type of JDBC driver that you use with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
You use Connection URLs to specify the location of a database target when you register the target on the GUI or through AVCLI. The format of the Connection URL depends on the JDBC driver that you use. Each of the JDBC drivers shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall specifies the format required by the JDBC driver in question in the table in "About JDBC Drivers and Connecting URLs." .
Additionally, to use specific encryption methods in the connecting URL, you must set
the EncryptionMethod
property. In the following syntax example, note
that the variable encryptionmethod
can be
SSL
, requestSSL
, or loginSSL
:
jdbc:av:[sqlserver]://hostname: port;[EncryptionMethod=encryptionmethod].
Use this url to register a Target, by entering it into the Target Location field, with the Advanced mode selected.
Related Topics
See Also:
Target Connection Information block in "Creating a Database Table Mapping File. Creating a Database Table Mapper File.