- In Driver Class, choose a driver class from the drop-down list. If you do not see the driver class that you want to use, set up the driver as described in "How to add a JDBC driver," later in this chapter.
- In Database URL, type the database URL, using the syntax that the driver requires. Typically, BIRT Report Designer displays the necessary syntax in Database URL. For a Sun JDBC/ODBC bridge, the syntax is:
where <data source name> is the name of your data source. For example, the following URL identifies the sales database:
- In User Name, type the user name to use when connecting to the JDBC data source.
If the JDBC data source does not require a user name, leave this field blank.
- In Password, type the password to use when connecting to the JDBC data source.
If the JDBC data source does not require a password for this user name, leave this field blank.
- In JNDI URL, type a JNDI URL if your data source requires one.