About the Generic JDBC collector
Use this collector to harvest metadata for tables and columns in the connected data source and make it searchable and discoverable in data.world.
Important
The Generic JDBC collector can be run in the Cloud or on-premise using Docker or Jar files.
Note
The latest version of the Collector is 2.252. To view the release notes for this version and all previous versions, please go here.
What is cataloged
The collector catalogs the following information.
Object | Information cataloged |
|---|---|
Columns | Name, Description, JDBC type, Column Type, Is Nullable, Default Value, Key type (Primary, Foreign), Column size, Column index |
Table | Name, Description, Primary key, Schema |
Views | Name, description |
Schema | Identifier, Name |
Database | Type, Name, Identifier, Server, Port, Environment, JDBC URL |
Relationships between objects
By default, the harvested metadata includes catalog pages for the following resource types. Each catalog page has a relationship to the other related resource types. If the metadata presentation for this data source has been customized with the help of the data.world Solutions team, you may see other resource pages and relationships.
Resource page | Relationship |
|---|---|
Table | Columns |
Columns | Table |
Schema | Database that contains Schema, Table that is part of Schema |
Database | Schema contained in Database |
Authentication supported
The collector supports username/password authentication.