Summary of the database properties

The properties of the database provide detailed information about the database.

At any time you can view the properties of the database in iBase Designer, by selecting File > Database Properties.

Title: The title for the database, as displayed in the application title bar.
Description: The description of the database, as displayed when any user first opens the database.
File: The location of the database (.idb) file.
Version: The database version number.
Audit Level: The detail level at which the audit log collects data on changes to the database and security file. You can change the audit level: level 1 means that the audit log collects the lowest amount of detail and level 5 collects the highest amount of detail (SQL Server databases only). Level 4 and higher collect large amounts of data about user activities so you should use these levels with care, and monitor the size of the log file.
Audit History: In SQL Server databases only, all updates to data, including code lists, are logged and can be viewed either in Audit Viewer or in the iBase History. In a database that is set to audit level 5, records that are viewed but not updated are also logged.; Note: This property is automatically turned on if the database is initialized for alerting and cannot be turned off while alerting is in use.

Database Logo

You can replace the default database logo with an alternative image. Click Select... to browse the available supported file types in your Windows Pictures folder. Select an image no larger than 0.5MB and click OK. To remove the image from the database, click Clear and Yes to confirm. Your image is replaced with the default iBase icon.

Configuration details

The configuration page shows details of the database file and format, and the security mode. You can change the authentication mode when connecting to the SQL Server instance on this page or by using the Database Configuration tool (see Managing SQL Server Connection Settings).

Database Type: The file format of the database, either Microsoft Access or SQL Server.
Database Name: The name of the SQL Server database on the server. See SQL Server Database Names.; Note: You cannot rename an SQL Server database in iBase Designer. See SQL Server Database Names for further details.
Server: The name of the database server. You can change to a different server provided that the database exists on that server. Enter a name in the field to use a known server. Only select the (local) option if the database is for personal use.; Note: This and the following changes do not take effect until you reopen the database.
Login Name, Password: An SQL Server login name and password is displayed if SQL Server authentication is used to secure access to the SQL Server instance. See Authenticating Connections to SQL Server for details.; For security reasons, the login that is used to create the database might be different from the one used after creation. After creation, you might prefer to change the login to one with a lower level of SQL Server permissions. After creation, you might also want to change the authentication mode by turning on the Use Windows Authentication checkbox.
Use Windows Authentication: The Use Windows Authentication checkbox is turned on if Windows authentication (integrated security) is used to secure access to the SQL Server. Each user that attempts to connect to use the iBase database is validated by the server using their network credentials. See Authenticating Connections to SQL Server for details.

Advanced properties

The Advanced page displays the current setup of the database, which you can change with caution.

Passwords for Microsoft Access databases

A 20-character password is generated for you when the Microsoft Access database is created. You should keep a record of this password. The password is the same for all the Microsoft Access databases created from the same security file.

If you are using iBase Designer and want to see the password, select Tools > Feature Availability > Options > Advanced. This option is not available in iBase User.