Note: Starting Informix JDBC Driver version 4.50.JC10, the use of LDAP to retrieve Informix server
connectivity information from a stored SQLHost files inside of an LDAP server has been
removed.
The proxy allows your JDBC applets and applications to alternatively
get their database connection information from an LDAP server. If
you plan to use this feature, you need to install an LDAP server.
For general information about using an LDAP server with Informix® JDBC
Driver,
see the topics beginning with Connection property syntax.
The following figure illustrates how the proxy works with an LDAP
server. The figure also shows lookup from an sqlhosts file;
for more information, see Specify sqlhosts file lookup. Figure 1: Lookup by the proxy
The proxy LDAP feature requires the JNDI class libraries and LDAP
service provider files (jndi.jar, ldap.jar,
and providerutil.jar). These JAR files can be
downloaded from www.oracale.com.
After downloading and installing the files, add their full path
names to the CLASSPATH setting on your web server. The files are in
the lib directory under the installation directory.
