A PostgreSQL Interface for Sage Cloud Accounting Data

There are a vast number of PostgreSQL clients available on the Internet. From standard Drivers to BI and Analytics tools, PostgreSQL is a popular interface for data access. Using our JDBC Drivers, you can now create PostgreSQL entry-points that you can connect to from any standard client.

To access Sage Cloud Accounting data as a PostgreSQL database, use the CData JDBC Driver for Sage Cloud Accounting and a JDBC foreign data wrapper (FDW). In this article, we compile the FDW, install it, and query Sage Cloud Accounting data from PostgreSQL Server.

Connect to Sage Cloud Accounting Data as a JDBC Data Source

To connect to Sage Cloud Accounting as a JDBC data source, you will need the following:

• Driver JAR path: The JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.

• Driver class: cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.SageBCAccountingDriver

• JDBC URL: The URL must start with "jdbc:sagebcaccounting:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

  You can connect to Sage Business Cloud Accounting using the embedded OAuth connectivity. When you connect, the OAuth endpoint opens in your browser. Log in and grant permissions to complete the OAuth process. See the OAuth section in the online Help documentation for more information on other OAuth authentication flows.

  Built-in Connection String Designer

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

  java -jar cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.jar

  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

  A typical JDBC URL is below:

  jdbc:sagebcaccounting:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Build the JDBC Foreign Data Wrapper

The Foreign Data Wrapper can be installed as an extension to PostgreSQL, without recompiling PostgreSQL. The jdbc2_fdw extension is used as an example (downloadable here).

1. Add a symlink from the shared object for your version of the JRE to /usr/lib/libjvm.so. For example: ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so /usr/lib/libjvm.so
2. Start the build: make install USE_PGXS=1

Query Sage Cloud Accounting Data as a PostgreSQL Database

After you have installed the extension, follow the steps below to start executing queries to Sage Cloud Accounting data:

1. Log into your database.
2. Load the extension for the database: CREATE EXTENSION jdbc2_fdw;
3. Create a server object for Sage Cloud Accounting: CREATE SERVER SageBCAccounting FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER jdbc2_fdw OPTIONS ( drivername 'cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.SageBCAccountingDriver', url 'jdbc:sagebcaccounting:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH', querytimeout '15', jarfile '/home/MyUser/CData/CData\ JDBC\ Driver\ for\ Salesforce MyDriverEdition/lib/cdata.jdbc.sagebcaccounting.jar');
4. Create a user mapping for the username and password of a user known to the MySQL daemon. CREATE USER MAPPING for postgres SERVER SageBCAccounting OPTIONS ( username 'admin', password 'test');
5. Create a foreign table in your local database: postgres=# CREATE FOREIGN TABLE salesinvoices ( salesinvoices_id text, salesinvoices_contact_name text, salesinvoices_total_amount numeric) SERVER SageBCAccounting OPTIONS ( table_name 'salesinvoices');