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

Access OData services like you would any standard database - read, write, and update etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to OData Services from PowerBuilder


This article demonstrates how to use the CData ODBC Driver for OData to connect to OData services and execute queries in PowerBuilder.

The CData ODBC Driver for OData can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to OData services and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.

Connect to OData as an ODBC Data Source

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 User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid OData user credentials. In addition, you will need to specify a URL to a valid OData server organization root or OData services file.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for OData

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for OData. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with OData services.

  1. In PowerBuilder, click Tools -> Database Painter.
  2. In the Objects window in the Database Painter, right-click the ODBC node and click New Profile.
  3. On the Connection tab, enter a name for the profile and select the OData DSN in the Data Source menu.
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using OData Services with PowerBuilder Controls

You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve OData services into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC" SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData OData Source'" CONNECT USING SQLCA; dw_orders.SetTransObject(SQLCA); dw_orders.Retrieve();