Text Parameters

The following table describes the Text parameters available for configuring system DSNs, as they appear on the Sun ONE ASP Administration Console New Data Source Name and Edit Data Source Name pages. For more information, see Configuring Data Source Names (DSNs).


Parameter	Explanation
DSN* Data Source Name*	Name of the data source name (DSN) you are configuring.
Description	Description of the DSN to help distinguish it from others.
Database type*	Indicates for which type of database you are configuring this DSN.
Driver*	This is the installed ODBC driver specified for this DSN.
Database*	Directory in which the text files are stored. If left empty, the current working directory is used.
TableType	Default table type (Comma, Tab, Character, Fixed, or Stream). The Text driver supports five table-types: comma-separated, tab-separated, character-separated, fixed length, and stream. The default table type is used when creating a new table, and opening an undefined table.