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SQL Server SQL Driver Attributes

The SQL driver for SQL Server has many attributes that can be finetuned to improve handling in scenarios with unreliable network connections to the SQL Server server or high-volumes of data. Also, many drivers have driver-specific attributes to finetune actual behaviour or handle data not matching specifications.

The SQL Server driver attributes are assigned a default value which seldom requires change. However, changes can be applied when needed on four levels, which are reflected in the table below by separate checkmarks:

•Connection string: the connection string from the settings*.xml file and applied during log on.

•Set SQL statement: a set SQL-statement to be executed once connection has been established.

•Drivers file: the providers.xml file (obsolete starting release 17.32).

•Log on: value to be specified interactively by user during log on in a user interface.

The connection string for SQL Server can be found in the settings*.xml file used for the database. Settings*.xml files are typically located in the %USERPROFILE%\invantive folder in most deployment scenarios. The reference manuals contain instructions how to relocate the settings*.xml files. Each data container of a database in the connection string can have a connectionString element specifying the name and values of attributes. Both name and value must be properly escaped according to XML-semantics. Actual application of the value is solely done during log on. A new connection must be established to change the value of a driver attribute using a connection string.

The set SQL statement can be executed after log on. The syntax is: set NAME VALUE, or for a distributed database: set NAME@ALIAS VALUE. In some scenarios you may need to enclose the driver attribute name in square brackets to escape it from parsing, for instance when a reserved SQL keyword is part of the name. The new value takes effect straight after execution of the set-statement. The set-statement can be executed as often as needed during a session.

Driver attributes that can be interactively set to a value are typically presented in the log on window. Depending on the platform and design decisions of the user interface designer, some or all of the available driver attributes can have been made available.

The SQL Server driver can be configured using the following attributes:

Code	Description	Origin	Default Value	Set from Connection String	Set from Set SQL-Statement	Set from Drivers File
analysis-enforce-row-uniqueness	Use for analysis only! Enforce rows to be unique.	Shared	False	✓	✓	✓
bulk-delete-page-size-rows	Number of rows to delete per batch when bulk deleting	Shared	3000	✓	✓	✓
bulk-insert-page-size-bytes	Approximate maximum size in bytes of batch when bulk inserting	Shared	10000000	✓	✓	✓
bulk-insert-page-size-rows	Number of rows to insert per batch when bulk inserting	Shared	3000	✓	✓	✓
bulk-insert-timeout-sec	Number of seconds after which a bulk insert times out	SQL Server	300	✓	✓	✓
command-timeout-sec	Number of seconds after which a command times out.			✓	✓	✓
connection-string-async-add	Should the 'Async' be added automatically to the connection string?	SQL Server	False	✓	✓	✓
connection-string-async-value	Size of the Async to be added to the connection string	SQL Server	True	✓	✓	✓
connection-string-multiple-active-result-sets-add	Should the 'MultipleActiveResultSets' be added automatically to the connection string?	SQL Server	True	✓	✓	✓
connection-string-multiple-active-result-sets-value	Value of MultipleActiveResultSets to be added to the connection string	SQL Server	True	✓	✓	✓
force-case-sensitive-identifiers	Consider identifiers as case-sensitive independent of the platform capabilities.	Shared	False	✓	✓	✓
forced-casing-identifiers	Forced casing of identifiers. Choose from Unset, Lower, Upper and Mixed.	Shared		✓	✓	✓
invantive-sql-correct-invalid-date	Whether to correct dates considered invalid since they are before 01-01-1753. When nullable, they are removed. Otherwise they are replaced by 01-01-1753.	SQL Engine V1	False	✓	✓	✓
invantive-sql-forward-filters-to-data-containers	Whether to forward filters to data containers.	SQL Engine V1	True	✓	✓	✓
invantive-sql-shuffle-fetch-results-data-containers	Whether to shuffle results fetched from data containers.	SQL Engine V1	False	✓	✓	✓
invantive-use-cache	Whether to cache the results of a query.	SQL Engine V1	True	✓	✓	✓
log-native-calls-to-disk	Registers native calls to data container backend as disk files.	Shared	False	✓	✓	✓
log-native-calls-to-trace	Log native calls to data container backend on the trace.	Shared	False	✓	✓	✓
maximum-length-identifiers	Non-default maximum length in characters of identifier names.	Shared		✓	✓	✓
maximum-number-of-pooled-connections	Maximum number of concurrent pooled connections.			✓	✓	✓
maximum-sleep-acquire-pooled-connection-ms	Maximum time in ms to wait for acquiring a free connection from a pool of connections.		30000	✓	✓	✓
maximum-sleep-acquire-unpooled-connection-ms	Maximum time in ms to wait for acquire a free connection when there is no connection pooling.		60000	✓	✓	✓
max-url-length-accepted	The maximum accepted URL length before raising an error.	Shared	8000	✓	✓	✓
max-url-length-desired	The maximum desired URL length.	Shared	8000	✓	✓	✓
minimum-command-timeout-sec	Minimum number of seconds after which a command times out.		300	✓	✓	✓
minimum-connection-timeout-sec	Minimum connection timeout in seconds.			✓	✓	✓
on-close-sql	Native SQL statements to execute directly before close.			✓	✓	✓
on-open-sql	Native SQL statements to execute directly after open.			✓	✓	✓
open-connection-interval-sec	Delay between retries in milliseconds when login fails.		500	✓	✓	✓
open-connection-retries	Maximum number of retries when login fails.		2	✓	✓	✓
partition-slot-based-rate-limit-length-ms	Total length in ms across all slots of a partition-based rate limit.	Shared	60000	✓		✓
partition-slot-based-rate-limit-slots	Number of slots per partition-based rate limit. Null means no slot-based rate limit	Shared		✓		✓
pooled-connection-monitor-interval-sec	Minimum interval in seconds between two connection pool monitor activations.		60	✓	✓	✓
pooled-connection-release-obsolete-interval-sec	Minimum interval in seconds between two tries to release obsolete connections from the connection pool when above the preferred number of connections.		60	✓	✓	✓
pooled-connections-monitoring	Enable monitoring of connections of connection pool for automatic cleanup of obsolete connections.		True	✓	✓	✓
preferred-number-of-pooled-connections	Preferred number of concurrent pooled connections.			✓	✓	✓
prefix-bind-variable-in-list	Prefix for bind variables used in an IN-list		i	✓	✓	✓
prefix-bind-variable-normal	Prefix for bind variables used in all cases except in an IN-list		w	✓	✓	✓
prefix-renamed-columns	Prefix appended to columns whose names occur multiple times in the column list of a query		column	✓	✓	✓
pre-request-delay-ms	Pre-request delay in milliseconds per request.	Shared	0	✓	✓	✓
requested-page-size	Preferred number of rows to exchange per round trip; only effective on limited platforms such as AFAS Online	Shared		✓	✓	✓
requests-parallel-max	Maximum number of parallel data requests from individual partitions on the data container.	Shared	32	✓	✓	✓
slot-based-rate-limit-length-ms	Total length in ms across all slots of a slot-based rate limit.	Shared	60000	✓		✓
slot-based-rate-limit-slots	Number of slots of a slot-based rate limit. Null means no slot-based rate limit	Shared		✓		✓
standardize-identifiers	Rewrite all identifiers to the preferred standards as configured by standardize-identifiers-casing and maximum-length-identifiers.	Shared	True	✓	✓	✓
standardize-identifiers-casing	Rewrite all identifiers to the recommended standard platform-specific casing when changing a data model on a case-dependent platform.	Shared	True	✓	✓	✓

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