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2 Select Run Progress DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizard....
■ To create a new connection, select Tools / Progress DataDirect / Run Progress DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizard.... When the Performance Tuning Wizard Welcome dialog appears, click Next. Continue at Step 2.
■ To modify an existing connection, in Server Explorer, right-click a data connection, and then select Run Progress DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizard.... When the Performance Tuning Wizard Welcome dialog appears, click Next. Continue at Step 3.
3 The Wizard presents a series of questions about your environment. Click Next to proceed through the Wizard.The following figure shows an example of one of the questions you may be asked to answer for a DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data provider.
■ To make the connection string available to other applications (the initial default), select Copy the connection string to clipboard. You can use the connection string in other applications.
■ To create a new connection, select Create a new connection with the Performance Tuning Wizard connection string options.The Modify Connection dialog box appears, allowing you to specify a host, password, user ID, and other information. See “Creating a New Project” for more information.
■ If you launched the Performance Tuning Wizard from an existing connection, select Re-configure the connection with the additional Performance Tuning Wizard connection string options. A connection dialog box might be presented so that you can enter the password.
■ To create a new ADO.NET application, select Generate a new application pre-configured with these connection settings. In this example, the Performance Tuning Wizard was run on an Oracle connection, so an Oracle application is generated, using the DataDirect Oracle Project template. See “Using Provider-specific Templates” for more information about the provider-specific templates.
5 Click Finish to exit the Performance Tuning Wizard.If you are using Visual Studio to add a data connection, you can manually add the values from the connection string into the Advanced Properties window. See “Creating a New Connection in Server Explorer” for more information.See Appendix B “Connection String Option Descriptions” for detailed information about supported connection string options for each data provider:
■ “DB2 Data Provider Connection String Options” contains information for the DB2 data provider and DB2 Entity Framework data provider.
■ “Oracle Data Provider Connection String Options” contains information for the Oracle data provider and Oracle Entity Framework data provider.
■ “SQL Server Data Provider Connection String Options” contains information for the Microsoft SQL Server data provider.
■ “Sybase Data Provider Connection String Options” contains information for the Sybase data provider and Sybase Entity Framework data provider.