# ODBC Output Engine

The ODBC output engine inserts information produced by Media Server into an external database, through ODBC.

Configuration Parameter | Description
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EventTrack | The track to use as the event track (for `bounded` or `event` output modes).
Input | A comma-separated list of the tracks that contain information that you want to output to the database.
Labels | A comma-separated list of labels (key/value pairs) to add to the output produced by Media Server.
Mode | The output mode, which specifies how to combine information.
OdbcConnectionString | The ODBC connection string to use to connect to the database.
OdbcDriverManager | (Deprecated) The path of the ODBC driver manager shared library. Not required if you are running Media Server on Windows.
OutputInterval | The amount of video content represented by each set of transactions (when you use `time` output mode).
SavePostXML | Specifies whether to save the data produced by the output engine to disk.
SavePreXML | Specifies whether to save records to disk, before they are transformed.
Type | The type of output engine to use. Set this parameter to `ODBC`.
XMLOutputPath | The path and file name for the output files.
XSLTemplate | The XSL template to apply to the pre-XML output to transform it into SQL transactions.

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