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Creating Table Procedure Specifications › Connect to a CA IDMS Data Source

Connect to a CA IDMS Data Source

You must connect to a CA IDMS data source before you can do anything else in Quick Bridge.

To connect to a CA IDMS data source:

  1. Select Connect to Database from the File menu.
  2. In the SQL Data Sources dialog, select an existing CA IDMS data source or click New to define a new one.

In the following example, user defje01 connects to the TECHDC30 datasource, which uses the CA IDMS Server driver:

This graphic dispays connecting to a data source.

The CA IDMS Server requests signon information to complete the connection.

Note: For detailed information about defining data sources using the CA IDMS Server driver, see the CA IDMS Server User Guide. If EDBC for CA IDMS is used, see the EDBC product documentation.