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# Additional Settings

Specifies additional options for a data source.

To access this command...

In a database window, choose Edit - Database - Properties, click Additional Settings tab

The availability of the following controls depends on the type of database:

## Host name

Enter the host name of the server that contains the database, for example ldap.server.com.

## Port number

Enter the port number for the server that hosts the database.

## MySQL JDBC driver class

Enter the name of the JDBC driver for the MySQL database.

## Character set

Select the character set that you want to use to view the database in LibreOffice. This setting does not affect the database. To use the default character set of your operating system, select "System".

Text and dBASE databases are restricted to character sets with a fixed-size character length, where all characters are encoded with the same number of bytes.

## Oracle JDBC driver class

Enter the name of the JDBC driver for the Oracle database.

## Driver settings

Specify additional driver options.

## Use catalog for file-based databases

Uses the current data source of the catalog. This option is useful when the ODBC data source is a database server. Do not select this option if the ODBC data source is a dBASE driver.

## Base DN

Enter the starting point to search the LDAP database, for example, dc=com.

## Maximum number of records

Enter the maximum number of records that you want to load when you access the LDAP server.

## Display deleted records as well

Displays all the records in a file, including those marked as deleted. If you select this check box, you cannot delete records.

In dBASE format, deleted records remain in the file.

To view changes that you make to the database, close the connection to the database, and then reconnect to the database.

## Indexes

Opens the Indexes dialogue box, where you can organise the table indexes in the current dBASE database.

## Text contains headers

Select this check box if the first line of the text file contains field names.

## Field separator

Enter or select the character that separates data fields in the text file.

## Text separator

Enter or select the character that identifies a text field in the text file. You cannot use the same character as the field separator.

## Decimal separator

Enter or select the character that is used as a decimal separator in the text file, for example, a period (0.5) or a comma (0,5).

## Thousands separator

Enter or select the character that is used as a thousands separator in the text file, for example a comma (1,000), or a period (1.000).

## File extension

Select the format for the text file. The extension that you select affects some of the default settings in this dialogue box.