4. API: ConnectParams Objects

Note

This object is an extension to the DB API.

These objects are created by oracledb.ConnectParams(). See Using the ConnectParams Builder Class for more information.

4.1. ConnectParams Methods

ConnectParams.copy()

Creates a copy of the ConnectParams instance and returns it.

ConnectParams.get_connect_string()

Returns the connection string associated with the ConnectParams instance.

ConnectParams.get_network_service_names()

Returns a list of the network service names found in the tnsnames.ora file which is inside the directory that can be identified by the attribute config_dir. If a tnsnames.ora file does not exist, then an exception is raised.

ConnectParams.parse_connect_string(connect_string)

Parses the connect string into its components and stores the parameters.

The connect string parameter can be an Easy Connect string, name-value pairs, or a simple alias which is looked up in tnsnames.ora. Parameters that are found in the connect string override any currently stored values.

ConnectParams.parse_dsn_with_credentials(dsn)

Parses a DSN in the form <user>/<password>@<connect_string> or in the form <user>/<password> and returns a 3-tuple containing the parsed user, password and connect string. Empty strings are returned as the value None.

Added in version 1.3.0.

ConnectParams.set(user=None, proxy_user=None, password=None, newpassword=None, wallet_password=None, access_token=None, host=None, port=None, protocol=None, https_proxy=None, https_proxy_port=None, service_name=None, sid=None, server_type=None, cclass=None, purity=None, expire_time=None, retry_count=None, retry_delay=None, tcp_connect_timeout=None, ssl_server_dn_match=None, ssl_server_cert_dn=None, wallet_location=None, events=None, externalauth=None, mode=None, disable_oob=None, stmtcachesize=None, edition=None, tag=None, matchanytag=None, config_dir=None, appcontext=[], shardingkey=[], supershardingkey=[], debug_jdwp=None, connection_id_prefix=None, ssl_context=None, sdu=None, pool_boundary=None, use_tcp_fast_open=False, ssl_version=None, program=oracledb.defaults.program, machine=oracledb.defaults.machine, terminal=oracledb.defaults.terminal, osuser=oracledb.defaults.osuser, driver_name=oracledb.defaults.driver_name, handle=None)

Sets the values for one or more of the parameters of a ConnectParams object.

Changed in version 2.5.0: The program, machine, terminal, osuser, and driver_name parameters were added. Support for edition and appcontext was added to python-oracledb Thin mode.

Changed in version 2.3.0: The ssl_version parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.1.0: The pool_boundary and use_tcp_fast_open parameters were added.

Changed in version 2.0.0: The ssl_context and sdu parameters were added.

Changed in version 1.4.0: The connection_id_prefix parameter was added.

4.2. ConnectParams Attributes

ConnectParams.appcontext

This read-only attribute is a list that specifies the application context used by the connection. It is a list of 3-tuples that includes the namespace, name, and value. Each entry in the tuple is a string.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.cclass

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the connection class to use for Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP).

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.config_dir

This read-only attribute is a string that identifies the directory in which the configuration files such as tnsnames.ora are found. The default is the value of defaults.config_dir.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

For python-oracledb Thick mode, use the config_dir parameter of oracledb.init_oracle_client().

ConnectParams.connection_id_prefix

This read-only attribute is a string that is added to the beginning of the generated connection_id that is sent to the database for tracing.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 1.4.0.

ConnectParams.debug_jdwp

This read-only attribute is a string with the format “host=<host>;port=<port>” that specifies the host and port of the PL/SQL debugger. This allows the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) to debug the PL/SQL code invoked by the python-oracledb driver. The default value is the value of the environment variable ORA_DEBUG_JDWP.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

For python-oracledb Thick mode, set the ORA_DEBUG_JDWP environment variable which has the same syntax. See Application Tracing for more information.

ConnectParams.disable_oob

This read-only attribute is a boolean that indicates whether out-of-band breaks should be disabled. The default value is False. Note that this value has no effect on Windows, which does not support this functionality.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

For python-oracledb Thick mode, set the equivalent option in a sqlnet.ora file.

ConnectParams.driver_name

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the driver used by the client to connect to Oracle Database. This is an arbitrary value set by the user in the oracledb.ConnectParams() method or the defaults.driver_name attribute which is the default value. This is the value shown in the CLIENT_DRIVER column of the V$SESSION_CONNECT_INFO view.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Added in version 2.5.0.

ConnectParams.edition

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the edition to use for the connection. This attribute cannot be used simultaneously with the ConnectParams.cclass attribute.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.events

This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether the events mode should be enabled.

This attribute is needed for continuous query notification (CQN) and high availability event notifications. The default value is False.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.expire_time

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of minutes between the sending of keepalive probes.

The default value is 0. If this attribute is set to a value greater than zero, it enables keepalive.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.externalauth

This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether external authentication should be used. The default value is False.

For standalone connections, external authentication occurs when the user and password attributes are not used. If these attributes, are not used, you can optionally set the externalauth attribute to True, which may aid code auditing.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.host

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the name or IP address of the machine hosting the database.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.https_proxy

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the name or IP address of a proxy host that is to be used for tunneling secure connections.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.https_proxy_port

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the port to be used to communicate with the proxy host. The default value is 0.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.machine

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the machine name of the client connecting to Oracle Database. This is an arbitrary value set by the user in the oracledb.ConnectParams() method or the defaults.machine attribute which is the default value. This is the value shown in the MACHINE column of the V$SESSION view.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 2.5.0.

ConnectParams.matchanytag

This read-only attribute is a boolean that specifies whether any tag can be used when acquiring a connection from the pool. The default value is False.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.mode

This read-only attribute is an integer that specifies the authorization mode to use. The default value is AUTH_MODE_DEFAULT.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.osuser

This read-only attribute is a string that represents the operating system user that initiates the database connection. This is an arbitrary value set by the user in the oracledb.ConnectParams() method or the defaults.osuser attribute which is the default value. This is the value shown in the OSUSER column of the V$SESSION view.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 2.5.0.

ConnectParams.pool_boundary

This read-only attribute is one of the strings “statement” or “transaction” which indicates when pooled DRCP or PRCP connections can be returned to the pool. If the value is “statement”, then pooled DRCP or PRCP connections are implicitly released back to the DRCP or PRCP pool when the connection is stateless (that is, there are no active cursors, active transactions, temporary tables, or temporary LOBs). If the value is “transaction”, then pooled DRCP or PRCP connections are implicitly released back to the DRCP or PRCP pool when either one of the methods Connection.commit() or Connection.rollback() are called. This attribute requires the use of DRCP or PRCP with Oracle Database 23ai (or later). See Implicit Connection Pooling for more information.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Added in version 2.1.0.

ConnectParams.port

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the port number on which the database listener is listening. The default value is 1521.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.program

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the name of the executable program or application connected to Oracle Database. This is an arbitrary value set by the user in the oracledb.ConnectParams() method or the defaults.program attribute which is the default value. This is the value shown in the PROGRAM column of the V$SESSION view.

This attribute is supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 2.5.0.

ConnectParams.protocol

This read-only attribute is a string that indicates whether unencrypted network traffic or encrypted network traffic (TLS) is used and it can have the value “tcp” or “tcps”. The default value is “tcp”.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.proxy_user

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the name of the proxy user to connect to. If this value is not specified, then it will be parsed out of the user if the user attribute is in the form “user[proxy_user]”.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.purity

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the purity used for Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP). When the value of this attribute is oracledb.PURITY_DEFAULT, then any standalone connection will use oracledb.PURITY_NEW and any pooled connection will use oracledb.PURITY_SELF. The default value is PURITY_DEFAULT.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.retry_count

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of times that a connection attempt should be retried before the attempt is terminated. The default value is 0.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.retry_delay

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the number of seconds to wait before making a new connection attempt. The default value is 1.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Changed in version 2.3.0: The default value of this attribute was changed from 0 seconds to 1 second.

ConnectParams.sdu

This read-only attribute is an integer that returns the requested size of the Session Data Unit (SDU), in bytes. The value tunes internal buffers used for communication to the database. Bigger values can increase throughput for large queries or bulk data loads, but at the cost of higher memory use. The SDU size that will actually be used is negotiated down to the lower of this value and the database network SDU configuration value. See the SQL*Net documentation for more details.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Added in version 2.0.0.

ConnectParams.server_type

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the type of server connection that should be established. If specified, it should be one of dedicated, shared, or pooled.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.service_name

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the service name of the database.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.shardingkey

This read-only attribute is a list that specifies a sequence of strings, numbers, bytes, or dates that identify the database shard to connect to. See Connecting to Oracle Globally Distributed Database.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.sid

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the SID of the database. It is recommended to use the ConnectParams.service_name instead.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.ssl_context

This read-only attribute is an SSLContext object which is used for connecting to the database using TLS. This SSL context will be modified to include the private key or any certificates found in a separately supplied wallet. This parameter should only be specified if the default SSLContext object cannot be used.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 2.0.0.

ConnectParams.ssl_server_cert_dn

This read-only attribute is a string that returns the distinguished name (DN), which should be matched with the server. If this value is specified, then it is used for any verification. Otherwise, the hostname will be used.

This value is ignored if the ssl_server_dn_match attribute is not set to the value True.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.ssl_server_dn_match

This read-only attribute is a boolean that indicates whether the server certificate distinguished name (DN) should be matched in addition to the regular certificate verification that is performed. The default value is True.

Note that if the ssl_server_cert_dn attribute is not specified, then host name matching is performed instead.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.ssl_version

This read-only attribute is one of the constants “ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_2” or “ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_3” which identifies the TLS protocol version used. These constants are defined in the Python ssl module.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Added in version 2.3.0.

ConnectParams.stmtcachesize

This read-only attribute is an integer that identifies the initial size of the statement cache. The default is the value of defaults.stmtcachesize.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.supershardingkey

This read-only attribute is a list that specifies a sequence of strings, numbers, bytes, or dates that identify the database shard to connect to. See Connecting to Oracle Globally Distributed Database.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.tag

This read-only attribute is a string that identifies the type of connection that should be returned from a pool.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thick mode.

ConnectParams.tcp_connect_timeout

This read-only attribute is a float that indicates the maximum number of seconds to wait for a connection to be established to the database host. The default value is 20.0.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Changed in version 2.3.0: The default value of this attribute was changed from 60.0 seconds to 20.0 seconds.

ConnectParams.terminal

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the terminal identifier from which the connection originates. This is an arbitrary value set by the user in the oracledb.ConnectParams() method or the defaults.terminal attribute which is the default value. This is the value shown in the TERMINAL column of the V$SESSION view.

This attribute is only supported in python-oracledb Thin mode.

Added in version 2.5.0.

ConnectParams.use_tcp_fast_open

This read-only attribute is a boolean which indicates whether to use an an Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) specific feature that can reduce the latency in round-trips to the database after a connection has been established. This feature is only available with certain versions of ADB-S. The default value is False.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

Added in version 2.1.0.

ConnectParams.user

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the name of the user to connect to.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.

ConnectParams.wallet_location

This read-only attribute is a string that specifies the directory where the wallet can be found.

In python-oracledb Thin mode, this attribute is the directory containing the PEM-encoded wallet file, ewallet.pem. In python-oracledb Thick mode, this attribute is the directory containing the file, cwallet.sso.

This attribute is supported in both python-oracledb Thin and Thick modes.