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Connecting to Translation Manager database

The <Database> element in the TranslationManager.xml file specifies the connection details to the Translation Manager database where Translation Jobs are stored.

About this task

The <Database> element has the following attributes:

AttributeDescription
typeDatabase you are using: MSSQL or Oracle
serverConnection string to the translation database server
databaseFor MS SQL, the database name. For Oracle, the attribute is not used.
usernameDatabase username
passwordDatabase password

Note that you can encrypt passwords in the TranslationManager.xml configuration file using the encryption tool delivered with Translation Manager.

Procedure

  1. Open the TranslationManager.xml file in a text editor.
    By default, the file is located in your %TRIDION_HOME%\config directory.
  2. In the <Database> section, enter a value for the attributes described above. For example:
    <Database type="MSSQL" server="localhost" database="Tridion_TranslationManagerDatabase" username="tmuser" password="tridion"/>
  3. Save and close the file.