Release Notes
Released Versions
- SDK 1.3 (Locator 2.7)
- SDK 1.4 (Locator 2.8)
Supported Versions
The database connector frameworks supports the following database connection types:
- Odbc
- Microsoft SQL
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
Limitations
The database connector framework can be used to develop fairly sophisticated connectors. However, it does have limitations. The following are the most notable limitations:
- Relies on database connectivity
- Implements a simple document model
- Implements a simple discovery algorithm
- Does not implement user authentication, only user security identifiers
- Requires implementation of full scan discovery
- Provides limited options for performance optimization
Prerequisites
- A license for the GenericSQL Connector.
- Knowledge of the database connector framework
Supported Data Types
Which data types to be indexed is determined by the developer
Crawl Methods
Full Crawl: The GenericSQL Connector supports creating periodic full scans of the source systems.
Incremental Crawl: The GenericSQL Connector supports creating ChangeSet scans of the source systems.
DocumentHandler
Not supported by database framework out of the box.
Other information
None