Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
| Aggregate Format | The format aggregate or collection columns should return in. |
| Authenticate As Page | The name or Id of a page to authenticate as when making requests to Facebook. |
| Callback URL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
| Firewall Password | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Firewall Port | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| Firewall Server | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| Firewall Type | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| Firewall User | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| Initiate OAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| Log Modules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| Max Rows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| OAuth Access Token | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
| OAuth Client Id | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuth Client Secret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuth Expires In | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
| OAuth Settings Location | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH. Alternatively, this can be held in memory by specifying a value starting with memory://. |
| OAuth Token Timestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
| OAuth Verifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Facebook. |
| Proxy Auth Scheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| Proxy Auto Detect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings. |
| Proxy Exceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
| Proxy Password | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| Proxy Port | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
| Proxy Server | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
| Proxy SSL Type | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| Proxy User | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Facebook from the provider. |
| SSL Server Cert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Target | A default target if none is specified. Used for some tables, such as Comments, where a target may be specified. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| Upload Linked Media | Upload linked photos or videos before inserting a new Post. |
| Version | The Facebook Graph API version to use. |