Introduction

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JDBC Options Binder allows you to retrieve form

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option records from Joget or a custom database via user-defined SQL

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query statements.

JDBC Datalist Properties

Configure JDBC Datalist Binder

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Figure 1: JDBC Options Binder Properties

Name	Description
Datasource	Custom Datasource Default Datasource By selecting Default Datasource, the database your Joget is currently using will be selected.	Image Added Figure 1: JDBC Option Binder Properties
Custom JDBC Driver	Custom JDBC Driver. This field is required when Custom Datasource is selected in Datasource above. Example: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Custom JDBC URL	Custom JDBC URL. This field is required when Custom Datasource is selected in Datasource above. Example: jdbc:mysql://localhost/jwdb?characterEncoding=UTF8&useSSL=false
Custom JDBC Username	Custom JDBC Username. This field is required when Custom Datasource is selected in Datasource above.
Custom JDBC Password	Custom JDBC Password. This field is required when Custom Datasource is selected in Datasource above. Info title Test the connection parameters Click on the "Test Connection" button at the bottom of the page to quickly test out your configurations.
Use AJAX for cascade options?	When checked, this allows these fields to dynamically load available options based on the other field value (grouping column) when dealing with tremendous amount of selections. Read more at Ajax Cascading Drop-Down List. Info title Important Do not forget to configure the dependency field in Field ID to control available option based on Grouping in the next tab. Image Modified Info title Important Use question mark (?) in your SQL SELECT Query to represent dependency values.
Add Empty Option

If checked,

Click this checkbox if you want an empty option

will be added to the selections.

in the selectbox.  Clicking this option will display the following field: Empty Option Label

Empty option label. Only in use when Add Empty Option is checked

- Enter your "empty" label, for example "Select".
SQL SELECT Query	To populate a selectbox, for example, you need to return at least 2 columns. The first column is used for

value/ID

Id. The second column is used for

label

Label. An optional third column can be returned for grouping value. Code Block language sql title Example linenumbers true SELECT username, CONCAT(lastName, ' ', firstName) FROM dir_user When Use AJAX for cascade options? is checked, make sure that a question mark is placed within the query. Code Block language sql title Example linenumbers true SELECT username, CONCAT(lastName, ' ', firstName) FROM dir_user WHERE timeZone = (?)

Related JDBC Binders

• JDBC Form Binder
• JDBC Datalist Database Binder
• JDBC Datalist Action

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