Open Database Connection

Establishes a connection to a database.

Category: Database Operations · Group: Database · Activity name: OpenDatabaseConnection

Example

outputVariable = OpenDatabaseConnection(connectionString="<connectionString>", databaseType="postgres")

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
Connection String	string			The connection string used to establish a connection to the specified database.
Database Type	string		postgres	Select the type of the database you wish to connect to. One of: postgres, mssql.

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
outputVariable	reference	The name of the variable where the database connection will be stored and can be referenced in later steps.