## Environment Variable

Environment variables contain information on a user's software environment. The database system, the database tools and the interfaces use various environment variables.

MaxDB Environment Variables

Name | Example | Description | System
SERVERDB | DEMODB | Name of database instance |
PATH | /opt/sdb/bin In the documentation, see also: Variables | Path to the executable MaxDB files |
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL | 2.2.5 | Deactivate the new Red Hat threading library | Red Hat, Fedora Linux-Kernel > 2.4 MaxDB-Version < 7.6
SQLOPT |  | Options for connecting to the database instance | MaxDB-Version < 7.5

See also:

Development Environment, Environment Variables