Signing on to a Database

When you start Advanced Query Tool the Database Signon window will be displayed.

A list of all your ODBC data sources will be displayed.

• Click on the database you want to sign on to.
• Enter a userid and password for database (if required) then click Sign On.
• If your database is not in this list of databases, you will need to add it as an ODBC database. You can do this by:
  • make sure you have selected Show All (at the top of the window)
  • click on the New button.

  See also Configuring a Database Connection.

• For more information on specifying user-ids and passwords, see Database User-ids and Passwords
• Click on Advanced to see some Advanced Sign-on options.
• You can use Filter Database or Filter Driver to reduce the number of entries in the list.

Other features:

• AQT remembers the databases you have recently signed onto. To display these, click on the Show Recent button at the top of the window.
• AQT can remember the passwords used for your database sign-ons. To enable this, check the Save Password box. The password will be retrieved when you select a connection from the Recent Sign-on list.
• You can specify that AQT auto-connects to a database when it starts. For more on this, see Showing Recent Sign-ons.