Database selection guidelines – DAVIS FMS 3.9.3 DriveRight (8186) User Manual

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DriveRight Fleet Management Software (FMS) architecture allows the software to be connected
to any of the Database Servers we support. The communication between DriveRight FMS and
Database is done through an OBDC connection by means of an OBDC driver. Currently
DriveRight FMS supports MS Access, My SQL, MSDE, SQL Server and Oracle databases. Other
databases may be added in the future.

The following figure illustrates how DriveRight FMS connects to the back-end Database Server.

Note: DriveRight can only be connected to one database at a time.

When DriveRight FMS is opened for the first time, the user is prompted to select the database
type to be used for this installation. Based on the user's selection, a connection is established to
one of the OBDC drivers. The database type is stored in the configuration file.