Syntax for Specifying Database URLs

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InterClient follows the JDBC standard for specifying databases using URLs. The JDBC URL standard provides a framework so that different drivers can use different naming systems that are appropriate for their own needs. Each driver only needs to understand its own URL naming syntax; it can reject any other URLs that it encounters. A JDBC URL is structured as follows:

jdbc:subprotocol:subname

The subprotocol names a particular kind of database connection, which is in turn supported by one or more database drivers. The DriverManager decides which driver to use based on which subprotocol is registered for each driver. The contents and syntax of subname in turn depend upon the subprotocol. If the network address is included in the subname, the naming convention for the subname is:

//hostname:/subsubname

subsubname can have any arbitrary syntax.