Connect/Disconnect Database

Select Connect/Disconnect Database option from the database menu. While this option is selected Login window is displayed.

A New Connection is created by entering values in Connection name, Driver class, URL, User id and password text boxes either by using lookups or entering values manually. Click on connect button creates a connection. All the values except password, gets saved after a new connection is created to avoid entering all the values again while creating a connection to the same database.

To use a connection name created before, the user needs to select the name of the connection from the "Connection name" drop down box. All the corresponding values for that connection name gets populated in Driver class, URL and userId text boxes.

To disconnect a connection, user needs to click on the Disconnect button in the Login dialog box.

Click on the Close button inside Login dialog, makes the dialog to disappear.