4. API: ConnectParams Objects
Note
This object is an extension to the DB API.
These objects are created by oracledb.ConnectParams()
. See
Using the ConnectParams Builder Class for more information.
4.1. ConnectParams Methods
- ConnectParams.copy()
Creates a copy of the ConnectParams instance and returns it.
- ConnectParams.get_connect_string()
Returns the connection string associated with the ConnectParams instance.
- ConnectParams.parse_connect_string(connect_string)
Parses the connect string into its components and stores the parameters.
The
connect string
parameter can be an Easy Connect string, name-value pairs, or a simple alias which is looked up intnsnames.ora
. Parameters that are found in the connect string override any currently stored values.
- ConnectParams.parse_dsn_with_credentials(dsn)
Parses a DSN in the form <user>/<password>@<connect_string> or in the form <user>/<password> and returns a 3-tuple containing the parsed user, password and connect string. Empty strings are returned as the value
None
.New in version 1.3.0.
- ConnectParams.set(user=None, proxy_user=None, password=None, newpassword=None, wallet_password=None, access_token=None, host=None, port=None, protocol=None, https_proxy=None, https_proxy_port=None, service_name=None, sid=None, server_type=None, cclass=None, purity=None, expire_time=None, retry_count=None, retry_delay=None, tcp_connect_timeout=None, ssl_server_dn_match=None, ssl_server_cert_dn=None, wallet_location=None, events=None, externalauth=None, mode=None, disable_oob=None, stmtcachesize=None, edition=None, tag=None, matchanytag=None, config_dir=None, appcontext=[], shardingkey=[], supershardingkey=[], debug_jdwp=None, connection_id_prefix=None, ssl_context=None, sdu=None, pool_boundary=None, use_tcp_fast_open=False, handle=None)
Sets the default values for one or more of the parameters of an empty ConnectParams object. A default will be overriden when a connection string with that attribute is parsed. After a ConnectParams object has been populated by parsing a connection string,
ConnectParams.set()
will not override any values.Changed in version 2.1.0: The
pool_boundary
anduse_tcp_fast_open
parameters were added.Changed in version 2.0.0: The
ssl_context
andsdu
parameters were added.Changed in version 1.4.0: The
connection_id_prefix
parameter was added.
4.2. ConnectParams Attributes
- ConnectParams.appcontext
This read-only attribute is a list that specifies the application context used by the connection. It is a list of 3-tuples that includes the namespace, name, and value. Each entry in the tuple is a string.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.cclass
This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the connection class to use for Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP).
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.config_dir
This read-only attribute is a string that identifies the directory in which the configuration files such as tnsnames.ora are found. The default is the value of
defaults.config_dir
.This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thin mode.
For the python-oracledb Thick mode, use the
config_dir
parameter oforacledb.init_oracle_client()
.
- ConnectParams.connection_id_prefix
This read-only attribute is a string that is added to the beginning of the generated
connection_id
that is sent to the database for tracing.New in version 1.4.0.
- ConnectParams.debug_jdwp
This read-only attribute is a string with the format “host=<host>;port=<port>” that specifies the host and port of the PL/SQL debugger. This allows the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) to debug the PL/SQL code invoked by the python-oracledb driver. The default value is the value of the environment variable
ORA_DEBUG_JDWP
.This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thin mode. For the python-oracledb Thick mode, set the
ORA_DEBUG_JDWP
environment variable which has the same syntax. See Application Tracing for more information.
- ConnectParams.disable_oob
This read-only attribute is a boolean that indicates whether out-of-band breaks should be disabled. The default value is False. Note that this value has no effect on Windows, which does not support this functionality.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thin mode.
For the python-oracledb Thick mode, set the equivalent option in a
sqlnet.ora
file.
- ConnectParams.edition
This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the edition to use for the connection. This attribute cannot be used simultaneously with the
ConnectParams.cclass
attribute.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.events
This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether the events mode should be enabled.
This attribute is needed for continuous query notification (CQN) and high availability event notifications. The default value is False.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.expire_time
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of minutes between the sending of keepalive probes.
The default value is 0. If this attribute is set to a value greater than zero, it enables keepalive.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.externalauth
This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether external authentication should be used. The default value is False.
For standalone connections, external authentication occurs when the
user
andpassword
attributes are not used. If these attributes, are not used, you can optionally set theexternalauth
attribute to True, which may aid code auditing.This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.host
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the name or IP address of the machine hosting the database.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.https_proxy
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the name or IP address of a proxy host that is to be used for tunneling secure connections.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.https_proxy_port
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the port to be used to communicate with the proxy host. The default value is 0.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.matchanytag
This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether any tag can be used when acquiring a connection from the pool. The default value is False.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.mode
This read-only attribute is an integer that specifies the authorization mode to use. The default value is
AUTH_MODE_DEFAULT
.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.pool_boundary
This read-only attribute is one of the strings “statement” or “transaction” which indicates when pooled DRCP or PRCP connections can be returned to the pool. If the value is “statement”, then pooled DRCP or PRCP connections are implicitly released back to the DRCP or PRCP pool when the connection is stateless (that is, there are no active cursors, active transactions, temporary tables, or temporary LOBs). If the value is “transaction”, then pooled DRCP or PRCP connections are implicitly released back to the DRCP or PRCP pool when either one of the methods
Connection.commit()
orConnection.rollback()
are called. This attribute requires the use of DRCP or PRCP with Oracle Database 23c (or later). See Implicit Connection Pooling with DRCP and PRCP for more information.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
New in version 2.1.0.
- ConnectParams.port
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the port number on which the database listener is listening. The default value is 1521.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.protocol
This read-only attribute is a string that indicates whether unencrypted network traffic or encrypted network traffic (TLS) is used and it can have the value “tcp” or “tcps”. The default value is “tcp”.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.proxy_user
This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the name of the proxy user to connect to. If this value is not specified, then it will be parsed out of the user if the user attribute is in the form “user[proxy_user]”.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.purity
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the purity used for DRCP. When the value of this attribute is
oracledb.PURITY_DEFAULT
, then any standalone connection will useoracledb.PURITY_NEW
and any pooled connection will useoracledb.PURITY_SELF
. The default value isPURITY_DEFAULT
.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.retry_count
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of times that a connection attempt should be retried before the attempt is terminated. The default value is 0.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.retry_delay
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of seconds to wait before making a new connection attempt. The default value is 0.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.sdu
This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the requested size of the Session Data Unit (SDU), in bytes. The value tunes internal buffers used for communication to the database. Bigger values can increase throughput for large queries or bulk data loads, but at the cost of higher memory use. The SDU size that will actually be used is negotiated down to the lower of this value and the database network SDU configuration value. See the SQL*Net documentation for more details.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
New in version 2.0.0.
- ConnectParams.server_type
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the type of server connection that should be established. If specified, it should be one of dedicated, shared, or pooled.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.service_name
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the service name of the database.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.shardingkey
This read-only attribute is a list that specifies a sequence of strings, numbers, bytes, or dates that identify the database shard to connect to.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.sid
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the SID of the database. It is recommended to use the
ConnectParams.service_name
instead.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.ssl_context
This read-only attribute is an SSLContext object which is used for connecting to the database using TLS. This SSL context will be modified to include the private key or any certificates found in a separately supplied wallet. This parameter should only be specified if the default SSLContext object cannot be used.
This attribute is only supported in the python-oracledb Thin mode.
New in version 2.0.0.
- ConnectParams.ssl_server_cert_dn
This read-only attribute is a string that returns the distinguished name (DN), which should be matched with the server. If this value is specified, then it is used for any verification. Otherwise, the hostname will be used.
This value is ignored if the
ssl_server_dn_match
attribute is not set to the value True.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.ssl_server_dn_match
This read-only attribute is a boolean that indicates whether the server certificate distinguished name (DN) should be matched in addition to the regular certificate verification that is performed. The default value is True.
Note that if the
ssl_server_cert_dn
attribute is not specified, then host name matching is performed instead.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.stmtcachesize
This read-only attribute is an integer that identifies the initial size of the statement cache. The default is the value of
defaults.stmtcachesize
.This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.supershardingkey
This read-only attribute is a list that specifies a sequence of strings, numbers, bytes, or dates that identify the database shard to connect to.
This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.tag
This read-only attribute is a string that identifies the type of connection that should be returned from a pool.
This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.
- ConnectParams.tcp_connect_timeout
This read-only attribute is a float that indicates the maximum number of seconds to wait for a connection to be established to the database host. The default value is 60.0.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.use_tcp_fast_open
This read-only attribute is a boolean which indicates whether to use an an Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) specific feature that can reduce the latency in round-trips to the database after a connection has been established. This feature is only available with certain versions of ADB-S. The default value is False.
This attribute is used in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
New in version 2.1.0.
- ConnectParams.user
This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the name of the user to connect to.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.
- ConnectParams.wallet_location
This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the directory where the wallet can be found.
In python-oracledb Thin mode, this attribute is the directory containing the PEM-encoded wallet file, ewallet.pem. In python-oracledb Thick mode, this attribute is the directory containing the file, cwallet.sso.
This attribute is supported in the python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.