- Working with Connections

Working with Connections

You can manipulate your database connections, using the direct action buttons as well as other actions on each connection row.

Below is a screenshot of the Connections screen with brief descriptions of available actions:

• • View Connection - Allows a user to view a selected connection that has been previously created.

  • Edit Connection - Allow changes to be made to the selected database connection.

  • Copy Connection - Allows a user to copy the selected database connection.

  • Delete Connection - Deletes the selected connection. If you delete a connection, you must make sure any operations

    • that reference that connection are updated to reference a working connection. Deleted connections cannot be restored.

  • Stop Connection - Closes down the selected connection. All cached field descriptors and rows related to this connection

    • will be cleared. This link should be used with caution; any applications running that use this connection

    • (including the Field Descriptor Manager) will no longer function once the connection is stopped.

  • Start Connection - Starts the selected connection if it is not already started.

  • Restart Connection - Shuts down the connection (if started) and then restarts it. All cached field descriptors and rows

    • related to this connection will be cleared.

  • Create Connection - Creates a connection.

  • Delete Connection(s) - Deletes selected connection(s).

Edit FDs - Opens a new browser window containing the Field Descriptor Manager application for the selected application.

Connection Auto Start:

When an application is run by any user, WOW will check if the connection specified by the Application is not started and automatically start the connection. There is no need to manually start an application.