Microsoft Sql Server

 Connecting to an MS SQL Database Tutorial Video. This video will walk you through how to connect to an SQL database as a data source.

For AutoTag and ADO.NET connections to Sql Server there is no connector to install, it comes standard with the .NET runtime. For the Java Engine you can download the Sql Server JDBC connector from Microsoft here.

Server: Enter the server name here. This will auto-populate with the name of servers on your subnet that are configured to respond to a network query asking for their name. You can type in the name or select from the list.

Database: Enter the database name here. This will auto-populate from the server once the server is set. In most cases you will need to set your username & password (if you are not using Windows Identity) in order for AutoTag to auto-populate the list. You can type in the name or select from the list.

Display Tables: User and User Owned are the same thing for Sql Server. User will pull the metadata of just the tables created for a database. System will also pull the system tables Sql Server adds to the database used to administer and configure each database.

Read in metadata: Check this to read in additional information from the database, primarily the descriptions of tables, views, & columns and the primary key - foreign key relationships. You should always keep this checked.

Use Connection String: You can enter the connection string directly instead of entering the Server, Database, & Credentials. When unchecked it will dispkay the connection string AutoTag will generate from your settings.