[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC."],[],[],null,["# DBConnectionBase\n\nVersion 4.0.25.14 (latest) \nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \nobject \ncan \n*lock* \nobject \nOperations the current user is able to perform on this object \nname \n*lock* \nstring \nName of the connection. Also used as the unique identifier \ndialect \n*lock* \n[Dialect](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Dialect) \n(Read-only) SQL Dialect details\nExpand Dialect definition... \nname \n*lock* \nstring \nThe name of the dialect \nlabel \n*lock* \nstring \nThe human-readable label of the connection \nsupports_cost_estimate \n*lock* \nboolean \nWhether the dialect supports query cost estimates \ncost_estimate_style \n*lock* \nstring \nHow the dialect handles cost estimation \npersistent_table_indexes \n*lock* \nstring \nPDT index columns \npersistent_table_sortkeys \n*lock* \nstring \nPDT sortkey columns \npersistent_table_distkey \n*lock* \nstring \nPDT distkey column \nsupports_streaming \n*lock* \nboolean \nSupports streaming results \nautomatically_run_sql_runner_snippets \n*lock* \nboolean \nShould SQL Runner snippets automatically be run \nconnection_tests \nstring\\[\\] \nsupports_inducer \n*lock* \nboolean \nIs supported with the inducer (i.e. generate from sql) \nsupports_multiple_databases \n*lock* \nboolean \nCan multiple databases be accessed from a connection using this dialect \nsupports_persistent_derived_tables \n*lock* \nboolean \nWhether the dialect supports allowing Looker to build persistent derived tables \nhas_ssl_support \n*lock* \nboolean \nDoes the database have client SSL support settable through the JDBC string explicitly? \nsnippets \n[Snippet](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Snippet)\\[\\] \nExpand Snippet definition... \nname \n*lock* \nstring \nName of the snippet \nlabel \n*lock* \nstring \nLabel of the snippet \nsql \n*lock* \nstring \nSQL text of the snippet \npdts_enabled \n*lock* \nboolean \nTrue if PDTs are enabled on this connection\n\nRelated Types\n-------------\n\n- [SqlQuery](./SqlQuery \"SqlQuery\")"]]