IBM DB2 Spatial Writer Parameters
Database Connection
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This is the data source name as configured using the DB2 client software.
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Enter the username and password to access the database, user account, or wherever authentication is required.
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The time (seconds) after which to terminate a query to the database if it has not yet returned a connection/result.
If it is set to 0, there is no timeout. The default is 30.
Spatial Reference
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These parameters are used only when creating new tables. They can be conveniently used to set Min X, Min Y, and Scale Factor for all feature types in a writer. However, you can override these writer defaults by specifying non-default values for Min X, Min Y, and Scale Factor in the writer format parameters.
Please seedocumentationfor db2_offset_x, db2_offset_y, and db2_scale_x for further details.