About connection templates

When adding a new connection, depending on the connection type a template must be specified.

A template must be specified for Informix and Oracle connection types. The options are:

  Connection type   Template   Explanation  
  Informix7 or 9 [sysmaster] informix Select this option if your Baan environment communicates with the database via the Baan database driver.  
    odbc_informix Select this option if your Baan environment communicates with the database via ODBC.  
  Oracle 7, 8, 9 or 10 oracle Select this option if your Baan environment communicates with the database via the Baan database driver.  
    odbc_oracle Select this option if your Baan environment communicates with the database via ODBC.  
         

The other connection types (i.e. for other databases, Baan and OS related connections) have only one possible template, and therefore the template selection field is disabled.