The solidDB ODBC driver gets its client configuration information from the client-side solid.ini file. The client-side configuration file must be located in the working directory of the application.
In most cases, only solidDB server-side parameters are used when programming. However, occasionally you might need to use client-side parameters. For example, you might want to create an application that defines no data source, but takes the data source from the connect string defined in the client-side configuration file.
Note In solidDB documentation, references to solid.ini file are usually for the server-side solid.ini file.
When the solidDB ODBC driver is started, the driver attempts to open the configuration file solid.ini. If the file does not exist, solidDB uses factory values for the parameters. If the file exists, but a value for a particular parameter is not set in the solid.ini file, solidDB uses a factory value for that parameter. The factory values might depend on the operating system you are using.
By default, the driver looks for the solid.ini file in the current working directory, which is normally the directory from which you started the client. When searching for the file, the following precedence (from high to low) is used:
▪ location specified by the SOLIDDIR environment variable (if this environment variable is set)
▪ current working directory
Client-side parameters
The most important solidDB client-side parameters are: