Cobra 8.2 Help System

Cobra Database

A data source is a named connection to a database. Before you can build a connection to a database, you must first have a database to which you connect.

A data source contains information about the database location and the database type. Cobra supports the following databases:

  • Oracle®

  • Microsoft SQL Server®

Attention: For more information on the supported versions of each database type, see the Cobra Installation Guide.

Cobra 8.1 and earlier versions used a configuration file called IdeaBlade.ibconfig (located in the Cobra folder) to store data sources information. Beginning 8.2, data sources information is stored in the Datasources.dat file. When upgrading from version 8.1 or lower, the Cobra installation reads the content of the IdeaBlade.ibconfig file and then transfers the connection information from there to the Config.dat and Datasources.dat files

Attention: For more information on these configuration files, see the Data Tool Help System which you can access from within the tool.