Configuring a DSN Using ODBC Administrator Tool - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata® User Guide - 17.20

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
VMware
Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2023-11-18
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities
The ODBC Administrator Tool from Apple is available for download at http://www.odbcmanager.net. This is the ODBC administrator tool recommended by Teradata. Once you have installed it, follow these steps to configure a DSN.
  1. In the Finder under Go select Utilities > ODBC Administrator .
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  2. The User DSN tab shows a list of DSNs saved in ~/Library/ODBC/odbc.ini file. To modify or remove an existing DSN, select it, and press the respective button. To add a new user DSN, click Add.
  3. In the Choose a Driver dialog, select Teradata Database ODBC Driver 17.20 and click OK.
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  4. In the ODBC Driver Setup for Teradata Database dialog, fill in the required information as described in the following table and click OK to save the DSN.
    The OK button does not become available until the Name or IP Address field is filled in.
    Field, Check Box, or Button Description
    Data Source
    Name Enter the Data Source Name (DSN) that the application is to refer to when executing SQLConnect or SQLDriverConnect. The entered DSN is the name that will appear in the Data Sources dialog box during a manual connection.

    See the “data-source-name=<driver>” option in ODBC Data Sources Section.

    Description [Optional] Enter descriptive text about the data source in this box.

    This is a comment field that is not retrievable by an SQL or ODBC command.

    See the “Description=<data-source-desc>” option in Data Source Specification Section.

    Teradata Server Info
    Name or IP address Perform one of the following:
    • Enter the database system name (alias or FQDN) without COP suffix.
    • Enter the name or IP address of the LAN-connected node in your system, one per line.

    After providing the name, ODBC Driver for Teradata dynamically detects all associated COP entries.

    You must define COP names or the name without COP suffix in either a Domain Name Services (DNS) or the local hosts file.

    Authentication
    Mechanism Default = determined by a configuration option set in an XML file by TeraGSS program, tdgssconfigure.
    Specify the desired security checking mechanism. Valid values are:
    • Empty - the same as omitting the keyword
    • TD2 - selects Teradata 2 as the authentication mechanism. Username and password are required.
    • TDNEGO – selects one of the Authentication Mechanisms automatically based on the policy, without user involvement.
    • LDAP - selects Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as the Authentication Mechanism. The application provides the username and password.
    • KRB5 – selects Kerberos (KRB5) on Windows and Apple macOS clients working with Windows servers. The application provides the username and password.
    • JWT – selects JSON Web Token (JWT) as the Authentication Mechanism. An authentication mechanism based on the JWT needs to be provided in the form of "token=<JWT token>" where <JWT token> is the actual JWT token.
    • EXTERNALBROWSER - selects CloudSSO on Windows and Apple MacOS as the Authentication Mechanism. The users’ identity is obtained through Keycloak or PingFederate login using an external browser. The user is logged on without providing a username and password.

    See complete descriptions at Authentication Mechanisms.

    Parameter Wallet String Indicate a string of characters to be regarded as a parameter of the authentication mechanism. The string is opaque to ODBC Driver for Teradata and is passed to the Teradata authentication software called to set the mechanism.

    Enclose characters [] {} () , ; ? * = ! @ in braces.

    The value may be enclosed by $tdwallet(), for example, $tdwallet(WalletRefString). If it is not, the driver will automatically enclose it when the value is saved.

    For more information, see Teradata Wallet.

    Username Default = Cleared

    Specify a username for the default database.

    Shows the default username that was specified during the data sources configuration of the driver. The default value can be overridden here. If required, the user is prompted for additional information. The username and password are Teradata-specific, not to be confused with other user ids and passwords.

    The username is interpreted in the context of the authentication mechanism.

    If the authentication mechanism allows fully qualified usernames, then the username can contain a domain or realm; for example, {judy@linedata}. Values containing a character such as @ must be enclosed in braces.

    SSO is indicated by the absence of a Username and Password.

    See the “Username=<name>” option in Data Source Specification Section.

    Password Wallet String
    Starting with ODBC Driver for Teradata 17.00, passwords can no longer be specified using the user interface. Teradata recommends using Teradata Wallet to store password information.

    The value may be enclosed by $tdwallet(), for example, $tdwallet(WalletRefString). If it is not, the driver will automatically enclose it when the value is saved.

    For more information, see Teradata Wallet.

    Optional
    Default Database Default = Cleared

    Specify a default database.

    See the “DefaultDatabase=<database-name>” option in Data Source Specification Section.

    Account String Default = Cleared

    Enter a user in the database while configuring the data source rather than having to provide account information during configuration of ODBC Driver for Teradata.

    This information can be used to help isolate users, to find out what application the users are running, or to restrict users from logging on.

    See the “AccountStr=<account>” option in Teradata DSN Options.

    Session Character Set Default = ASCII

    Specify the character set for the session. It is strongly recommended to use the default ASCII session only for 7-bit ASCII characters. UTF8 is the recommended default session character set for all languages including US English. To use a different character set than is chosen by default, specify or select it here.

    The options available from the drop-down list are as follows:
    • ASCII
    • UTF8
    • UTF16
    • LATIN1252_0A
    • SCHINESE936_6R0
    • TCHINESE950_8R0
    • LATIN9_0A
    • LATIN1_0A
    • Shift-JIS (Windows, DOS compatible, KANJISJIS_0S)
    • EUC (Unix compatible, KANJIEC_0U)
    • IBM Mainframe (KANJIEBCDIC5035_0I)
    • BIG5 (TCHBIG5_1R0)
    • GB (SCHGB2312_1T0)
    • NetworkKorean (HANGULKSC5601_2R4)
    • Latin 1252_3A0
    • KANJI932_1S0
    • HANGUL949_7R0
    • ARABIC1256_6A0
    • CYRILLIC1251_2A0
    • HEBREW1255_5A0
    • LATIN1250_1A0
    • LATIN1254_7A0
    • LATIN1258_8A0
    • THAI874_4A0
    For user-defined session character sets that are not shown on the this list, type the name of the user-defined session character set.
    EXTERNALBROWSER Selects CloudSSO on Windows and Apple MacOS as the Authentication Mechanism. The users’ identity is obtained through Keycloak or PingFederate login using an external browser. The user is logged on without providing a username and password.
    Options Click to display the Teradata ODBC Driver Options dialog box and configure additional options and formats.