User`s guide

2 Getting Started with Database Toolbox

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Close the connection using Database Explorer by hovering the cursor over the Close

button ( ) next to the ORA JDBC data source name on the database tab. The

Close button turns into a red circle ( ). Click it to close the database connection. If

you want to close Database Explorer and all database connections, click the Close

button ( ) in the top-right corner.

If Database Explorer is docked, click the Close button ( ) to close all database

connections and Database Explorer.

Connect to Oracle using the JDBC connection command line.

When using the command line, you do not have to set up a data source with Database

Explorer. You can use the command line to pass all the required parameters for

connection.

To connect with Windows authentication, use the Vendor name-value pair argument

of database to specify a connection to an Oracle database. Use the DriverType

name-value pair argument to connect with Windows authentication by specifying the

oci value. Specify a blank user name and password. For example, the following code

assumes you are connecting to a database named dbname, database server named

sname, and port number 123456.