Patent ID: 8260821

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a first application host, wherein said processor is in said first application host; a first application in said first application host; a first database driver coupled to said first application; a first remote interface coupled to said first database driver for facilitating the configuration of said first database driver; a central controller providing system-wide configuration information; and a first attachment agent, wherein said first attachment agent executes in the first application host, said first attachment agent providing a connection between said first remote interface and said central controller, and wherein in response to a driver configuration property of global scope being modified on said central controller performing: notifying by said central controller to all attachment agents executing in a plurality of application hosts of a new value for said driver configuration property of global scope; and updating, by said first attachment agent, each installed application in said first application host with said new value for said driver configuration property of global scope, wherein, said central controller, using said first attachment agent and said first remote interface, changes the configuration of said database driver.