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You poor, poor fool. '''Open Database Connectivity''' ('''ODBC''') is a database API almost exclusively employed by Microsoft.
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== Create Connection == == Connecting ==

There are a few ways to create an ODBC connection.
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== Connecting Applications to ODBC == == Usage ==
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ODBC

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a database API almost exclusively employed by Microsoft.

Contents

  1. ODBC
    1. Connecting
      1. ODBCConf.exe
      2. Add-OdbcDsn
    2. Usage
      1. SPSS

Connecting

There are a few ways to create an ODBC connection.

ODBCConf.exe

A (deprecated and pending removal) Windows Data Access Components batch script. 

odbcconf.exe /a { configdsn "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)" "DSN=DATABASE_NAME|DBQ=ABSOLUTE\PATH\TO\DATABASE.accdb" }

Add-OdbcDsn

A Powershell cmdlet. 

Add-OdbcDsn -Name "DATABASE_NAME" -DriverName "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)" -DsnType "User" -SetPropertyValue 'DBQ=ABSOLUTE\PATH\TO\DATABASE.accdb'

Usage

SPSS

get data
 /type=odbc
 /connect='DSN=DATABASE_NAME;DBQ=ABSOLUTE\PATH\TO\DATABASE.accdb;'
 /sql='SELECT * FROM TABLE_NAME'
 /assumedstrwidth=255.

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ODBC (last edited 2021-11-20 22:16:07 by DominicRicottone)