39. PostgreSQL 
39.1. PostgreSQL Version Support
The driver enables standards-based access to PostgreSQL databases version 7.4 and later.
39.2. Connection Options
39.2.1. Authentication
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are Password, AzureAD, AzurePassword, AzureMSI, AwsIAMRoles. |
Server | The host name or IP address of the server. |
Database | The name of the PostgreSQL database. |
User | The PostgreSQL user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
Port | The port number of the PostgreSQL server. |
UseSSL | This field sets whether SSL is enabled. |
Visibility | Visibility restrictions used to filter exposed metadata for tables with privileges granted to them for current user. For example 'SELECT,INSERT' filter is restricting metatdata visibility only for those tables which may be accessed by current user for SELECT and INSERT operations. Supported privilege values are SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, REFERENCES. |
39.2.2. AWS Authentication
Property | Description |
AWSAccessKey | Your AWS account access key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
AWSSecretKey | Your AWS account secret key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
AWSRoleARN | The Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating. |
39.2.3. Azure Authentication
Property | Description |
AzureTenant | The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used. |
39.2.4. OAuth
Property | Description |
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH. Alternatively, this can be held in memory by specifying a value starting with memory://. |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthGrantType | The grant type for the OAuth flow. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
39.2.5. Kerberos
Property | Description |
KerberosKDC | The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. |
KerberosRealm | The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user with. |
KerberosSPN | The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
KerberosKeytabFile | The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
KerberosServiceRealm | The Kerberos realm of the service. |
KerberosServiceKDC | The Kerberos KDC of the service. |
KerberosTicketCache | The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
39.2.6. SSL
Property | Description |
SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
39.2.7. SSH
Property | Description |
SSHAuthMode | The authentication method to be used to log on to an SFTP server. |
SSHClientCert | A certificate to be used for authenticating the user. |
SSHClientCertPassword | The password of the SSHClientCert certificate if it has one. |
SSHClientCertSubject | The subject of the SSH client certificate. |
SSHClientCertType | The type of SSHClientCert certificate. |
SSHServer | The SSH server. |
SSHPort | The SSH port. |
SSHUser | The SSH user. |
SSHPassword | The SSH password. |
SSHServerFingerprint | The SSH server fingerprint. |
UseSSH | Whether to tunnel the PostgreSQL connection over SSH. Use SSH. |
39.2.8. Firewall
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
39.2.9. Logging
Property | Description |
Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
39.2.10. Schema
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
IgnoredSchemas | Visibility restriction filter which is used to hide the list of schemas by metadata quering. For example, 'information_schema, pg_catalog'. Schema names are case sensitive. |
39.2.11. Miscellaneous
Property | Description |
AllowPreparedStatement | Prepare a query statement before its execution. |
BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
BrowsePartitions | By default the provider exposes super table and its partitions by metadata. You may hide sub partition by setting this property into false. |
ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
ConnectOnOpen | This property species whether to connect to the PostgreSQL when the connection is opened. |
FetchResultSetMetadata | This field sets whether the provider is getting detailed information about resultset columns from the server. |
IncludeTableTypes | If set to true, the provider will query for the types of individual tables and views. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the PostgreSQL server as is. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to PostgreSQL from the provider. |
RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
TimeZone | Notifies the server about the time zone on the client with standard SET TIMEZONE query when connection is being opened. |
UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |