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The Database Server Connector will crawl content from a Relational Database.


Database Engines Supported


The Aspire the Database Server connector was created and tested using the following databases engines:

  • MySQL Server
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle Database

Other engines could work with the connector, but is not guaranteed. 

User Account Requirements 


In order to access the Database Server, a user account with sufficient privileges to discover and extract databases, tables and rows must be supplied. The permissions vary on the database engine used.

Framework and Connector Features


Framework Features

Name Supported
Content Crawlingyes
Identity Crawlingyes
Snapshot-based Incrementalsyes
Non-snapshot-based Incrementalsyes
Document Hierarchyyes

Connector Features

The Database Server connector has the following features:

  • Scans all the databases in the server.
  • Extracts table information from all databases
  • Extracts the rows from all the tables extracted

Content Retrieved


The Database Server connector retrieves several types of documents.

  • Databases
  • Tables
  • Rows

Limitations


The Database Server Connector has the following limitations:

  • Incremental crawls are not supported at this moment.
  • Blob columns are not extracted.
  • Data extracted depend on the database engine rules, not all tables extracted can be scanned.
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