Database support

Builtin and custom providers

Orbeon Forms provides persistence of form definitions and form data through persistence providers. There are two types of providers:

• Built-in relational provider: This provides built-in support for Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and DB2.

• Custom persistence providers: See Custom persistence providers for details.

For relational database setup instructions, see Using Form Runner with a relational database.

Feature matrix

With the built-in relational provider, some features are not available for all databases. The following table summarizes the support for each database.

Feature	Oracle	MySQL	SQL Server	PostgreSQL	DB2
Form controls and layouts including repeated grids and sections	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Versioning	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Owner/group-based permissions	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Autosave	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Flat view	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Orbeon Forms PE support	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Orbeon Forms CE support	N	Y	N	Y	N

Older database support

Support for the eXist database was deprecated since Orbeon Forms 2019.1 and removed since Orbeon Forms 2023.1.

See also

• Using Form Runner with a relational database

• Relational database schema

• Custom persistence providers