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

Access Bugzilla like you would a database - query Bugs, Branches, Users, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to Bugzilla Data in Ruby


Connect to Bugzilla data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.

The CData ODBC Driver for Bugzilla makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live Bugzilla data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to Bugzilla data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Create an ODBC Connection to Bugzilla Data

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.

You can authenticate to your Bugzilla account using two parameters:

  • URL: The URL of your Bugzilla developer's page (the Home page).
  • ApiKey: API Keys can be generated from the Preferences -> API Keys section of your Bugzilla developer's page.

Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems

If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:

gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc

Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to Bugzilla Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: BugzillaSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

#connect to the DSN require 'DBI' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData Bugzilla Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT Id, Summary FROM Bugs WHERE Creator = 'user@domain.com'") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn

With the file completed, you are ready to display your Bugzilla data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

ruby BugzillaSelect.rb Writing SQL-92 queries to Bugzilla allows you to quickly and easily incorporate Bugzilla data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!