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Connect to Oracle SCM Data from PowerBuilder


This article demonstrates how to access Oracle SCM data from PowerBuilder using the Oracle SCM JDBC Driver.

The CData JDBC driver for Oracle SCM is a standards-based control that can be used from any platform or development technology that supports JDBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Oracle SCM in PowerBuilder.

This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData JDBC Driver for Oracle SCM to retrieve data.

Connect to Oracle SCM Data from PowerBuilder

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an JDBC URL for Oracle SCM. You can use a database profile to save connection properties. In the Database Painter, you can graphically manipulate data as well as execute SQL queries.

  1. Add the driver JAR to the PowerBuilder classpath. Set the CLASSPATH system environment variable to the path to the driver JAR, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.

    Note: If you are using PowerBuilder Classic, you can also add the path to the driver JAR by clicking Tools -> System Options -> Java.

  2. Click Tools -> Database Painter.
  3. Right-click the JDBC node and click New Profile.
  4. In the Database Profile Setup dialog, enter the following:
    • Profile Name: Enter a user-friendly name for the profile.
    • Driver Name: Enter the class name of the driver, cdata.jdbc.oraclescm.OracleSCMDriver
    • URL: Enter the JDBC URL.

      The following connection properties are required to connect to Oracle SCM data.

      • Url: The URL of the account that you want to connect to. Typically, this will be the URL of your Oracle Cloud service. For example, https://servername.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com.
      • User: The username of your Oracle Cloud service account.
      • Password: The password of your Oracle Cloud service account.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

      For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Oracle SCM JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.oraclescm.jar

      Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard. A typical JDBC URL is below:

      jdbc:oraclescm:Url=https://myinstance.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;
  5. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using Oracle SCM Data with PowerBuilder Controls

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

SQLCA.DBMS = "JDBC" SQLCA.AutoCommit = False SQLCA.DBParm = "Driver='cdata.jdbc.oraclescm.OracleSCMDriver',URL='jdbc:oraclescm:Url=https://myinstance.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;"; CONNECT USING SQLCA; dw_carriers.SetTransObject(SQLCA); dw_carriers.Retrieve();

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