Configuring Advanced Options for Data Sources and Trace Files


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Overview

Advanced options

Use advanced options to modify the configuration of both data source and trace files.
  • Data source advanced options enable you to integrate the database connection and TSD application better and to improve performance.
  • Trace file advanced options control whether database tracing occurs, what is logged in the database trace file, how it is formattted and how long the information is kept.

Advanced Option Setup dialog box

Use the Advanced Option Setup dialog box to maintain the list of advanced options for either data sources or trace files.

To access this dialog box to configure advanced options for data sources:

  1. In the SQL Configuration Editor dialog box, from the Sources list, select a data source and choose Configure.
  2. In the Source Setup dialog box, choose Advanced.
    Result: The Advanced Option Setup dialog box appears.
    For more information, see the Tasks section of this help topic.

To access this dialog box to configure advanced options for trace files:

  1. In the SQL Configuration Editor dialog box, choose Trace Setup.
  2. In the Trace Setup dialog box, choose Advanced.
    Result: The Advanced Option Setup dialog box appears.
    For more information, see the Tasks section of this help topic.

Option Selection dialog box

Use the Option Selection dialog box to select an advanced option for either data sources or trace files.

To access the Option Selection dialog box:

Option Value Entry dialog box

Use the Option Value Entry dialog box to configure advanced options for either data sources or trace files.

To access the Option Value Entry dialog box:

Note: The appearance and content of the Option Value Entry dialog box varies according to the requirements of the selected advanced option.


Tasks

Adding advanced options

You can add advanced options for data sources and trace files.

To add an advanced option:

  1. In the Advanced Option Setup dialog box, choose Add.
  2. In the Option Selection dialog box, select an advanced option and choose Select.
  3. In the Option Value Entry dialog box, type or select a value for the selected advanced option.
    Note: The appearance and content of the Option Value Entry dialog box varies according to the requirements of the selected advanced option.
  4. Choose OK.
    Result: The advanced option and its value appears in the Advanced Option Setup dialog box.
  5. Choose Exit to return to either the Source Setup dialog box or the Trace Setup dialog box, depending on where you started.

Editing advanced options

You can edit the values of the currently configured advanced options for data sources and trace files.

To edit an advanced option:

  1. In the Advanced Option Setup dialog box, select an option and choose Edit.
  2. In the Option Value Entry dialog box, type or select a value for the selected advanced option.
    Note: The appearance and content of the Option Value Entry dialog box varies according to the requirements of the selected advanced option.
  3. Choose OK.
    Result: The advanced option appears in the Advanced Option Setup dialog box.
  4. Choose Exit to return to either the Source Setup dialog box or the Trace Setup dialog box, depending on where you started.

Deleting advanced options

To delete an advanced option for a data source:
  • In the Advanced Option Setup dialog box, select an option from the Currently configured advanced options list and choose Delete.

    Result: The selected option is removed from the Advanced Option Setup dialog box.