If you plan to localize database content, you need to create at least one database connection. Without one, the application won't know where to find the database or how to connect to it. You create a database connection in Alchemy CATALYST by creating a Data Definition File. This file contains all the information necessary to establish a remote connection to a defined data source and a map that links database fields to the internal structure of your Project TTK file.

A database should already exist before you create a connection to it. You can connect to a file-based database, such as one created in Microsoft Access, or you can connect to a server-based database system, such as one created in Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 8i, or IBM DB2.