Types of RdbmsNetwork Driver Devices

NOTE: Use of any of the databases mentioned in this document is subject to the terms and conditions of the respective database supplier. For additional copyright and licensing information, please refer to the individual database supplier documentation (links to database supplier web sites are provided below).

The following Rdbms Databases are supported in NiagaraAX-3.4 and later:

NOTE: See Installing the RdbmsNetwork driver and rdbDatabase device) for details about installing and configure RdbmsNetwork Driver Devices.

Db2Database
- The NiagaraAX rdbDb2 module supports the use of data from DB2 databases, version 8.1. DB2 is an IBM relational database management system (RDBMS) that requires a proprietary license.
- For more information about DB2, refer to: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/
HsqlDbDatabase
- The NiagaraAX rdbHsqlDb module supports the use of data from HSQLDB databases. HSQLDB (Hyperthreaded Structured Query Language Database) is maintained by the "HSQL Development Group" and is available under a BSD type ("free") license.
- For more information about HSQLDB, refer to: http://hsqldb.org/
MySQLDatabase

The NiagaraAX rdbMySQL module supports the use of data from MySQL databases. Note the following about the MySQL database and associated driver:
- MySQL is an Oracle Corporation relational database management system (RDBMS) that requires a GPL or proprietary license.
- In order to use MySQL with a supervisor installation, you must also install a Java Data Base Connectivity (JDBC) connector in the following folder (where “C:” represents the NiagaraAX installation location): $niagara_home\jre\lib\ext, where niagara_home denotes the AX installation location eg c:\Niagara\Niagara-3.7.106
- The connector that you need to install is “ConnectorJ” with a filename similar to the following: " mysql-connector-java-5.1.11-bin.jar". It is available for download from: http://dev.mysql.com”
OracleDatabase
- The NiagaraAX rdbOracle module supports the use of data from Oracle databases. At the time of writing, the supported version is version 9i but you should contact your support channel for more up to date information. Oracle is an Oracle Corporation relational database management system (RDBMS) that requires a proprietary license.
- For more information about Oracle, refer to: http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html
SqlServerDatabase
- The NiagaraAX rdbSqlServer module supports the use of data from Microsoft SQL Server database versions: SqlServer 2000, SqlServer 2005, SqlServer 2008, SqlServer 2008 R2 and SqlServer 2012.
- SQL Server is a Microsoft Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that requires a proprietary license.
- For more information about Microsoft SQL Server, refer to: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.mspx
- Whilst it is beyond the scope of this document to describe the setup of the database, it is worthwhile noting that during SQL Server setup, you must select an authentication mode for the Database Engine. There are two possible modes: Windows Authentication mode and Mixed Mode. The SQL Server must be configured for Mixed Mode Authentication because the NiagaraAX driver does not support Windows Authentication.
- If you wish to monitor the performance of an instance of SQL Server or troubleshoot problems with the queries being submitted to the database by the Niagara station, then alongside the usual Platform-Application Director output it is often useful to use an SQL Profiler.