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The AlloyDB ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from AlloyDB, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access AlloyDB data like you would a database - read, write, and update AlloyDB 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to AlloyDB Data in DBArtisan


Use wizards in DBArtisan to configure AlloyDB data as a data source.

The CData ODBC Driver for AlloyDB seamlessly integrates AlloyDB data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access AlloyDB data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for AlloyDB in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate AlloyDB Data into DBArtisan Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

The following connection properties are usually required in order to connect to AlloyDB.

  • Server: The host name or IP of the server hosting the AlloyDB database.
  • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the AlloyDB server.
  • Password: The password which will be used to authenticate with the AlloyDB server.

You can also optionally set the following:

  • Database: The database to connect to when connecting to the AlloyDB Server. If this is not set, the user's default database will be used.
  • Port: The port of the server hosting the AlloyDB database. This property is set to 5432 by default.

Authenticating with Standard Authentication

Standard authentication (using the user/password combination supplied earlier) is the default form of authentication.

No further action is required to leverage Standard Authentication to connect.

Authenticating with pg_hba.conf Auth Schemes

There are additional methods of authentication available which must be enabled in the pg_hba.conf file on the AlloyDB server.

Find instructions about authentication setup on the AlloyDB Server here.

Authenticating with MD5 Authentication

This authentication method must be enabled by setting the auth-method in the pg_hba.conf file to md5.

Authenticating with SASL Authentication

This authentication method must be enabled by setting the auth-method in the pg_hba.conf file to scram-sha-256.

Authenticating with Kerberos

The authentication with Kerberos is initiated by AlloyDB Server when the ∏ is trying to connect to it. You should set up Kerberos on the AlloyDB Server to activate this authentication method. Once you have Kerberos authentication set up on the AlloyDB Server, see the Kerberos section of the help documentation for details on how to authenticate with Kerberos.

You can then follow the steps below to register AlloyDB data as a database instance in your project:

  1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
  2. Select Generic ODBC.
  3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
  4. Finish the wizard to connect to AlloyDB data. AlloyDB entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with AlloyDB data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the AlloyDB API.