Amazon.com, Inc.
Dynamic identification and retrieval of connection strings

Abstract:

A first database system may receive an access request from a connector module associated with a client application. The access request may include one or more access credentials for accessing a database associated with the first database system. The connector module may transmit one or more access parameters to the first database system. A connection string may be dynamically identified based on the access parameters. The connection string may be transmitted to the connector module, and may be used to establish a connection between the client application and the second database system. The connector module may also provide fallback capability for establishing a connection with a standby database server when a primary database server is unavailable such that open transactions are halted during the transitioning of the connection and resumed thereafter without having to abort the transactions.