Scope of properties propertiesscope of propertiessystem-wide scope propertiesdatabase-wide scope

You use properties to configure a system, database, or conglomerate.

For properties that affect conglomerates, changing the value of such properties affects only conglomerates that are created after the change. Conglomerates created earlier are unaffected.

Database-wide properties are stored in the database and are simpler for deployment, in the sense that they follow the database. Database-wide properties are also recommended for security reasons when you use built-in user authentication (see ). System-wide properties can be more practical during the development process.

's built-in authentication mechanism is suitable only for development and testing purposes. It is strongly recommended that production systems rely on LDAP or a user-defined class for authentication. It is also strongly recommended that production systems protect network connections with SSL/TLS.