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====== Desktop (User Desktop directory) Connection ======


===== About =====

''desktop'' is [[built-in|built-in connection]] that points to the ''desktop'' [[docs:resource:directory|directory]] of the [[docs:system:local|local file system]].


===== How-to's =====
<related pattern="howto:*" />


===== Info =====
With the [[docs:tabul:connection:info|connection info]] command
<unit>
<code bash>
tabul connection info desktop
</code>
<console>
Information about the connection (desktop)
Attribute                    Value                                                 Description
--------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOLEAN_DATA_TYPE            Native                                                Boolean data type used to store boolean values
CHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION       1                                                     Default CHAR precision
COMMENT                      The user desktop directory of the local file system   A connection description
DATE_DATA_TYPE               NATIVE                                                Date data type used to store date values
HOST                                                                               Host Server
MAX_CONCURRENT_THREAD                                                              The maximum number of threads that can be created against the system
MAX_NAME_IN_PATH                                                                   The maximum number of names in a path
NAME                         desktop                                               The name of the connection
NATIVES                                                                            Native Driver attributes (jdbc properties, ...)
NCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION      1                                                     Default NCHAR precision
NVARCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION   0                                                     Default NVARCHAR precision
ORIGIN                       BUILT_IN                                              The origin of the connection
PASSWORD                                                                           The user password
PORT                                                                               Host Port
TABULAR_FILE_TYPE            text/csv                                              The default media type when downloading tabular data
TIMESTAMP_DATA_TYPE          NATIVE                                                Timestamp data type used to store timestamp values
TIME_DATA_TYPE               NATIVE                                                Time format data type to store time values
URI                          file:///home/tabulify/Desktop                         The uri of the connection
USER                                                                               The user name
VARCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION    0                                                     Default VARCHAR precision
WORKING_PATH                 /home/tabulify/Desktop                                The working path (Schema for database, directory for file system)
</console>
</unit>