# Driver Definition Preferences

Driver definition preferences contain details specific to a database (JDBC) or other service driver.

Driver details can include driver classes, URL, and jar locations, but this is dependent on the requirements of each driver. Driver definitions are referenced by connection profiles to access profile data. A database connection profile uses the driver definition to get the jar location and specify profile defaults to establish database connections. You can define driver definitions before you create connection profiles, using Preferences, or when you create or edit a connection profile that requires a driver definition.

Related tasks
Creating a Driver Definition