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# Connect Soda to OracleDB
> For Soda to run quality scans on your data, you must configure it to connect to your data source.\
> To learn how to set up Soda and configure it to connect to your data sources, see [Get started](/soda-documentation/soda-v3/quick-start-sip/setup-guide.md).
## Compatibility
Soda supports Oracle version 21.3 or greater.
## Connection configuration reference
Install package: `soda-oracle`
```yaml
data_source my_datasource_name:
type: oracle
username: ${USARBIG_USER}
password: ${USARBIG_PASSWORD}
connectstring: "${USARBIG_HOST}:${UARBIG_PORT}/USARBIG_SID}"
```
Alternatively, you can configure a connection without a `connectstring`.
```yaml
data_source my_datasource_name:
type: oracle
username: simple
password: simple_pass
host: host
service_name: service
```
| Property | Required | Notes |
| --------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| type | required | Identify the type of data source for Soda. |
| username | required | Consider using system variables to retrieve this value securely. |
| password | required | Consider using system variables to retrieve this value securely. |
| host | optional | Provide a host identifier. Only used when connectstring is not provided. |
| port | optional | Provide a port identifier. Default is 1523. Only used when connectstring is not provided. |
| service\_name | optional | Provide a service\_name. Only used when connectstring is not provided. |
| connectstring | optional | Specify connection information for the Oracle database. Must be a semicolon-separated list of attribute name and value pairings. See [ConnectionString](https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/21/odpnt/ConnectionConnectionString.html#GUID-DF4ED9A3-1AAF-445D-AEEF-016E6CD5A0C0) in Oracle documentation. If you do not specify one, Soda attempts to construct a `connectstring` using `host`, `port` and `service_name` properties. |
| dataset\_prefix | optional | Added in 1.10.1. A list of strings to be used for prefixing datasets. Useful for catalog integrations. Example: `dataset_prefix: ["my_db", "my_schema"]` |
## Test the data source connection
To confirm that you have correctly configured the connection details for the data source(s) in your configuration YAML file, use the `test-connection` command. If you wish, add a `-V` option to the command to return results in verbose mode in the CLI.
```sh
soda test-connection -d my_datasource -c configuration.yml -V
```
## Supported data types
| Category | Data type |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| text | CHARACTER VARYING, CHARACTER, CHAR, TEXT |
| number | SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, DECIMAL, NUMERIC, VARIABLE, REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION, SMALLSERIAL, SERIAL, BIGSERIAL |
| time | TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE, TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIME WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
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