Editing or deleting an SQL database connection

Prerequisites

Editing an existing connection

To edit an existing database connection, do as follows:
  1. Click Window > Open > Perspective > Other. At the Select Perspective dialog, select the Show all check box and double-click Data.
  2. In the Database Explorer view, right-click the database connection, then select Edit Connection. Step through the pages of the database connection wizard and change information as appropriate. For help, press F1. For a list of the required fields for each database type, see Supported SQL database managers.
  3. To complete the edit, click Finish.
Alternately, you can edit an existing connection from the EGL preferences:
  1. Click Window > Preferences.
  2. Expand EGL and click SQL Database Connections.
  3. Select the connection from the Connection list.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Change information in the connection as appropriate.
  6. When you are finished editing the connection, click Finish and then click OK to close the Preferences window.

Deleting an existing connection

To delete an existing database connection, do as follows:
  1. Select Window > Open Perspective > Other. In the Select Perspective dialog box, select the Show all check box and double-click Data.
  2. In the Database Explorer view, right-click the database connection, and then click Delete.

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