Note: SincePReSConnectversion1.6theminimumrequiredversionoftheMSSQLServeris
SQL Server 2012.
lWhenMSSQLisselected,thedefaultvaluesforrootuseraresaand1433fortheport.
lIfdatabasesettingsfromapreviousOLConnectinstallationarefound,thepre-exisingsettings
willbedisplayedforthematchingdatabasetype.ForMSSQLsettings,thiswillonlyworkifthey
werecreatedwithServerConfigTool1.5.0orlater,ortheInstallerforOLConnect1.6.0orlater.
IfthedatabasetypeischangedintheInstallerconfigurationpage,thedefaultvaluesforthisdata-
basetypewillbedisplayed.
Ifthepre-existingdatabasesettingsaresettoHsqldb,thedefaultdatabasetypeselectionwillbe
MySQL.
lSelecteddatabasesettingsarestoredinthepreferences,andcanbefoundinthisfile:
C:\ProgramData\Objectif Lune\OL Con-
nect\.settings\ConnectHostScope\com.objectiflune.repository.eclipselink.generic.prefs
WhenmodifyingConnect
lIfthelocalMariaDBisremovedfromaninstallation,theDatabaseConfigurationpagewilloffer
additionallytheMicrosoft SQL Serverdatabasetypewithrespectivedefaultvalues.
lIflocalMariaDBisaddedtoaninstallation,theusualMariaDBConfigurationpagewithdefault
valueswillbedisplayed.
IftheuserhasinstalledtheInstallerSuppliedMySQL(2021.2orearlier)orMariaDB(2022.1andlater)
andthenswitchestoanexternalMicrosoftSQLbyusingtheServerConfigurationTool,thesupplied
localdatabasecannotbeswitchedoff.BydesigntheinstalleraddsaservicedependencybetweenCon-
nectServerandthesuppliedMariaDB\MySQLservice.
To remove this dependency the user needs to do the following
1. HaveaforeignMicrosoftSQLrunning,readyforusewithConnectServer.
2. UsetheServer Configuration Tool"DatabaseConnectionpreferences"onpage794toswitch
thedatabasetoMicrosoftSQL.
3. Re-starttheConnectServerService,sothatthemodificationsbecomeactive.
4. CountercheckthateverythingisworkingproperlywithMicrosoftSQL.
5. Openacommand-linepromptwithfulladministrationrights.
6. Enterthecommandsc config OLConnect_Server depend= /.Thisremovesthedepend-
ency.
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