Connection to PDO DBLIB

In Scriptcase installed on Linux, we have the following driver available for connection to MSSQL Server: PDO DBLIB . If you are using your own pre-configured environment, MSSQL Server extensions must be enabled manually in PHP.

IMPORTANT: if you need to use Database Identifiers in your tables, we recommend using the double quotation marks( “ ) instead of the brackets( [ ] ) because of the conflict with the of Global Variables syntax Scriptcase. Using the brackets as database identifiers may lead to problems in the Scriptcase applications.

Configuring and enabling the DBLIB PDO on macOS

IMPORTANT: If you are using Scriptcase’s automatic installer, the extensions are already enabled in PHP, ready for connection. The procedure below is only for manual installations of Scriptcase .

If you have installed PHP 8.1 through our documentation using homebrew, PDO DBLIB is already enabled in PHP, requiring only the connection. Check below our documentation for installing PHP 8.1 with homebrew on macOS.

PHP 8.1 on macOS: click here

Connection to Scriptcase

See below how to create a connection in your Scriptcase project, using the Enabled Driver (MSSQL Server NATIVE SRV or MSSQL Server NATIVE SRV PDO) and the Azure MSSQL Server database.

1 - Access a project from your Scriptcase.

2 - Click the New Connection icon to create a connection

or access the Database > New connection menu.

After that, a screen will appear with all database connections.

3 - Select the MSSQL Server connection.

Connection

Enter the parameters for connecting to your Azure MSSQL Server database as follows:

• Connection name: Define the name of your new connection. By default, Scriptcase adds the prefix conn along with the database name.

• DBMS Driver: Select the MSSQL Server Driver to connect. In this example, we use the Driver PDO DBLIB.

• Server/Host (Name or IP): Enter the IP or domain of the server where the database is installed and its instance separated by a backslash.

• EX: dominiodoserver.com\SQLEXPRESS or 192.168.254.170\SQLEXPRESS

• Port: Enter the port to connect to the MSSQL Server. By default, the port defined is 1433.

• Database Name: List and select the database you will connect to.

• EX: samples

• Username: Inform the user to authenticate the connection to your database.

• Password: Enter the password to complete the authentication process.

• Test connection: Click this button to get a response to the Scriptcase request to find out if the parameters entered are correct.

Filter

Accessing this tab, you can configure which Database items will be displayed on the connection, depending on the owner or not.

Show

It allows the connection to see tables, views, system tables and procedures depending on the items selected by the user. By default, the items Tables and Views are already selected by Scriptcase.

• Tables: Selecting this option, the tables in your database will be displayed.
  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option .
    
• Views: By selecting this option, the views of your database will be displayed.
  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option .
    

• System Tables: Selecting this option, the system tables of your database will be displayed.

• Procedures: By selecting this option, the procedures of your database will be displayed.

Searches

Allows you to define which tables and owners are displayed.

• Tables: You can define in this option which tables will be displayed. The configuration can contain a PREFIX%% or name of the tables to display.
  • By default, Scriptcase leaves this option empty .
  • EX:
    
    

  

• Owner: Inform the user who sees the tables informed for display.
  • User must be capitalized as in the example above .
    
• View: Choose whether tables for the informed owner are displayed.

NOTE: By using table filtering, you eliminate unnecessary tables for your project and improves the performance of your database connection.

Advanced

In this tab, you have access to specific settings for the connection. The settings made in this session impact the data display and application performance.

• Decimal Separator: Select the type of separator for decimal records, between comma and period.
  • By default, the . dot is selected as a separator .
    
• Persistent Connection: Define whether connections will be terminated after the execution of your scripts in Scriptcase applications.
  • By default, Scriptcase disables this option .
    
• Use the schema before the table name: Define whether the database schema will be displayed before the table names.
  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option .

Questions or Connection Problems?

Contact our support in case of connection problems or questions regarding this database.