Define new config file field for more advanced connections to databases. This allows us to add extra configuration options to the connection strings.

Currently, this is only implemented for MS SQL Server and was used in development to allow connecting to the db server via an unencrypted connection ("encrypt=disable").

Author: c9845 (AA)

sqldb.go

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	User     string
 	Password string
 
+	//ConnectionOptions is a list of key-value pairs of options used when building
+	//the connection string used to connect to a database. Each driver/database type
+	//will handle these differently.
+	ConnectionOptions map[string]string
+
 	//SQLitePath is the path where the SQLite database file is located.
 	SQLitePath string
 
@@ -432,6 +437,14 @@ func (cfg *Config) buildConnectionString(deployingDB bool) (connString string) {
 
 		q := url.Values{}
 		q.Add("database", cfg.Name)
+
+		//Handle other connection options.
+		if len(cfg.ConnectionOptions) > 0 {
+			for key, value := range cfg.ConnectionOptions {
+				q.Add(key, value)
+			}
+		}
+
 		u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
 
 		connString = u.String()