Create an ODBC database
Create a database object that fetches data from an SQL server or a MySQL server.
Prerequisites
To connect to an ODBC database from
Windows®
devices:
- Install one of these ODBC drivers:
- MySQL Unicode
- ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
- Configure the ODBC data source. See Administer ODBC data sources - Microsoft Support.
- To create an ODBC database
- InProject view, right-clickDataStoresand selectODBC database.
- InProperties, inDBMS type, select the type of the database server.
- InProperties, complete:
- DBMS type. EitherSQL ServerorMySQL.
- (optional)DSN(Data Source Name). Applicable only forWindowsdevices.IMPORTANT:If specified, the DSN automatically provides the ODBC connection properties.You cannot overwrite the DSN properties by manually completing theServer,TCP Port,Database,Username, andPasswordfields.
- Server. IP address or hostname of the database server.
- TCP Port. TCP port of the database server.NOTE: The default0value resolves to1433for SQL servers and3306for MySQL servers.
- Database. Database name in the database server.TIP: Providing the database name is optional if the database name is specified in the ODBC connector.
- Username. Name of the user that can access the database.
- Password. Password of the user that can access the database.
(optional) Configure the database structure. See Configure a database table.
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