Connection Properties

When connecting to NuoDB, there are many properties available to configure specific driver behavior. They may be defined in a number of ways including:

  • In JDBC, as part of the connection URL.

  • In the C++ API, via a call to Connection::openDatabase().

  • In the C API via NuoDB_Connection->openDatabase()

  • On the nuosql command line with the --connection-property argument (one argument for each property), for example:

    • nuosql test --user dba --password goalie --connection-property isolation=read_committed --connection-property clientInfo=user123

  • Other drivers have their own methods.

Name Value

allowSRPFallback=
[ true | false ]

Allows the driver to fall back to SRP if the TLS connection fails (when used in combination with trustStore ).

  • Required during rolling upgrade of the security protocol.

ciphers=cipherlist

Enables the client to provide one or more appropriate ciphers for encrypting the network connection to the database.

  • If this property is not specified the default ciphers AES-256-CTR and RC4 are enabled. The server chooses a preferred cipher from this list.

  • If no matching cipher is found, the connection will be refused.

  • The cipherlist is comma-separated and cipher names are case-sensitive and must be provided exactly as shown.

  • The full list of available ciphers are AES-256-CTR, RC4, and None.

clientInfo=info

Arbitrary information about the connecting client.

  • This is available in the CLIENTINFO column of the SYSTEM.CONNECTIONS and SYSTEM.LOCALCONNECTIONS system tables.

clientProcessID=id

The process ID (pid) of the connecting client.

  • The client may set this property only if not already set by the driver. The .NET and Python drivers set this for the client. The client setting of this property does not overrides the driver setting of this property.

  • The clientProcessId is then available in the CLIENTPROCESSID column of the SYSTEM.CONNECTIONS and SYSTEM.LOCALCONNECTIONS system tables.

direct=
[ true | false ]

Connect directly to TE(s) rather than via the AP(s).

  • If not specified, direct defaults to false and connections are made via the AP(s) specified in the connection URL.

  • When direct=true, the client connection is made directly with a TE.

    • The hosts and port numbers in the connection URL are assumed to specify the hosts and port numbers of TE processes.

  • The use of the direct connection property is supported for nuosql and the JDBC, C, C++, and Go drivers.

    • When using nuosql, it supports an equivalent --direct option.

  • Where possible, direct connection should be made using the load-balancing capability of the APs.

  • This connection property is useful when connecting external SQL applications directly to TEs that are running on a different network - such as in the Cloud, on Kubernetes clusters, in Docker or via SSH tunneling.

  • For more details, see Direct TE Connections.

    • Although it is for JDBC, the basic principles apply to all drivers supporting direct.

idle-timeout=number

The maximum time (in seconds) which indicates how long idle connections are left open.

  • Although the IDLE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT system property is a global setting for timing out idle connections, you can use this connection property to override the system property on a per connection basis.

  • By default, idle-timeout is set to -1, meaning that the global setting is used. If you set a value greater than 0, this property overrides any value set for IDLE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT. You may also set a value of 0 to specifically disable this property for the connection.

  • Any time a client connection is terminated for being idle for too long, a message will be logged under the net category.

  • For more information on IDLE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, see SQL System Properties.

isolation=level

The default transaction isolation level for the connection to use.

  • Isolation levels supported are consistent_read and read_committed. Note that these values are case sensitive.

  • For more information, see CONSISTENT READ and READ COMMITTED.

keepAlive=
[ true | false ]

Allows enabling of TCP KeepAlive on the connection from client to Transaction Engine.

  • If not specified, keepAlive defaults to false.

  • When keepAlive=true, the driver enables TCP KeepAlive on the socket that it opens to the Transaction Engine.

LBPolicy=valueA

From the client application, this property allows selective load balancing across Transaction Engines.

LBQuery=<selector>(<filter>)

From the client application, this property allows selective load balancing across Transaction Engines.

lobChunkingEnabled=
[ true | false ]

(JDBC only) Enables BLOB and CLOB streaming to the JDBC client.

  • Default is true (enabled).

lobChunkSize=size

(JDBC only) Overrides the default chunk size for BLOB and CLOB streaming.

  • The default is 65536 bytes.

memory-limit-bytes=
size

The memory limit (per connection) in bytes for all blocking SQL engine operations:

  • Hash-grouping, sorting, sorting via priority queue for limit, distinct (via hash-grouping), union, listagg, table functions, and stored procedures returning result set(s) that accumulate data - in main memory.

  • To run statements with a memory limit different from the system-wide limit, start a new connection with this connection property set to the per-connection limit.

  • If you do not define a value for memory-limit-bytes, the value set for the DEFAULT_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT system property is the default setting used.

password=pwd

The password for the user account used to connect to the database.

rollbackMode=
[ procedure | transaction | off ]

Controls the behavior of transactions executed inside a stored procedure.

schema=name

The default schema that the connection should use when objects (such as tables and views) are not fully qualified.

TimeZone=timezone

The default time zone for the connection to use (this is also known as the session time zone).

  • If not specified, the application’s default time zone is used.

trustStore=filepath

Path to file which stores certificates from trusted entities.

  • Turns on SSL/TLS, turns off SRP.

trustStorePassword=
password

Verifies the integrity of the trustsStore.
JDBC only.

user=name

The user name for connecting to the database.

verifyHostname=
[ true | false ]

Verifies the DN name of the SSL server against the name presented on the certificate. The default is true.