I understand that to reverse engineer a database in Visio you require a ODBC data source name. I created one using the PostgreSQL Unicode(x64) driver.
In the Visio Reverse Engineering Wizard, you can select from Microsoft SQL Server, ODBC Generic Driver, and Oracle Server. The created DSNs show only up under Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Server; when selecting the ODBC Generic Driver, there are no Data sources. When I create one using the New button, it again shows up under both the Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Server.
When I select the DSN from either list, I can enter the User and Password, but get the one of the following errors:
Oracle driver: Warning! You are using a Visio 'Oracle Server' driver to connect with a 'PostgreSQL' DBMS datasource. By using an incompatible driver, it is possible that the catalog information retrieved will be incomplete.
Microsoft SQL driver: Function sequence error
In both cases, I am unable to generate a diagram. Any thoughts?
The "Setup" button next to the installed Visio drivers allows you to select the ODBC drivers to use. If no ODBC driver is selected, all DSNs are displayed; if specific ODBC drivers are selected, only those DSNs which use that specific driver will be displayed.
In my case, the Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Server Visio drivers did not specify any ODBC drivers to use so all DSNs were displayed.
On the other hand, the ODBC Generic Driver had the PostgreSQL ANSI drivers selected which resulted in my DSN using the PostgreSQL Unicode driver NOT to be displayed. Clicking on the Setup button and adding a checkmark to the PostgreSQL Unicode drivers made the DSN available for selection and the Visio was able to reverse-engineer the database.
Select ODBC drivers associated with "ODBC Generic Driver"
I would like to develop a ER diagram using DBeaver (Eclipse plugin) for a database that doesn't yet exist. Also, the database server doesn't exist.
Can DBeaver be used to develop a ER diagram without connecting to an existing database server? I can only find documentation for working with an existing database or connecting to an existing database server.
Nope, sorry.
DBeaver tools are always associated with the current connection.
For example, in the ERD when adding tables, DBeaver often sends requests to the database of foreign keys.
You can use standard sample SQLite database in DBeaver for experiments.
Is there any feasibility from Oracle to have a connection established to DB2 database so that I can query on DB2 database and generate reports from Oracle Apex?
OR
Is it possible to create a View in Oracle from a remote DB2 database?
OR
What options do i have in order to develop reports in Oracle Apex from the data i have in DB2 database?
(I know, this is an old question and you've already found a workaround. Anyway,) the keyword you might be interested in is gateway. This is Oracle 10g Database Gateway for DB2/400 Installation and User's Guide. I don't know which database you use, but - if 10g is not the one, I hope you'll manage to find the right documentation.
Shortly: after installing the gateway between Oracle and DB2, you'd create a database link. Then, in your Oracle schema, create a view that selects data over that database link from DB2 database. Finally, fetch data in Apex from the view.
As i didn't find a way to directly connect to DB2 from Oracle PL/SQL, i used a work-around. As this is a reporting tool, we are ok to have this tool running with the data which is 1 day off, we did the following:
1) Extract the data required from DB2 database to CSV files. We used a DB2 command which can be run at command line to extract the data into a CSV
2) Then we imported the data into Oracle tables using sqlldr
I have a client with FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced.
I need to be able to connect to the filemaker database via SQL. I am using MS SQL Server 2008 R2, or Server 2012 can be used.
These are the steps I have tried
0) Turned on ODBC/JDBC sharing in File -> Sharing on FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced for "All Users"
1) installed the FileMaker OBDC driver included on the filemaker disc
2) odbcad32.exe in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 and added a new filemaker System DSN and directed it to the filemaker database.
3) Attempted to add a linked server to SQL using Provider Microsoft OLE DB Provider for OBDC Drivers and the System DSN name i created for Data Source. I left all other fields blank.
I get this error:
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "FILEMAKER2".
OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "FILEMAKER2" returned message "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application". (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 7303)
FILEMAKER2 is the what i called the System DSN.
What am I doing wrong/What do I need to correct in order to connect to filemaker with SQL?
Is there a connection string to put in for Provider String?
I have the same mismatch error trying to do a test connect with access.
Thank you for any help.
The error you're getting is because of the driver installed is a 32bit driver propably on a 64bit system.
Look in the downloads of FM for the correct xbit driver.
I've connected to FM using ODBC from PHP apps to do basic inserts, updates, deletes of data. I haven't worked with it like you're attempting to do, though, and like #ted said, FM really wasn't built as a SQL platform.
Their answer to this was to go the other way around. You can setup External SQL sources within FileMaker, and bind your SQL database to FM so that those tables show up in FM the same as regular FM tables. These tables can then be used within FM scripts accordingly, so you could setup any data sync steps necessary there. You could create scripts to move data from FM layouts into the SQL DB layouts at given intervals throughout the day, for example.
Hope that helps.
FileMaker 11 only comes with a 32 bit ODBC driver. The error you got happens when you use a 32 bit driver with the 64 bit ODBC admin utility. Set up your DSN using the 32 bit utility, found here:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
...and it will work fine.
I'm trying to connect to a PostgreSQL 9.1 database using Oracle SQL Developer 3.0.04, but I'm not having any success so far.
First, if I add a third party driver on preferences, when adding a new connection there's no tab for PostgreSQL (it works fine for MySQL though). I'm using a JDBC4 version 9.1 driver, but I tried a JDBC3 of the same version and still get the same thing.
Second, there's nothing like manual configuration tab when adding a new connection. The closest is the Advanced option on Oracle tab, where I can provide a custom URL, but it fails because complains about the selected Driver (of course).
Finally, I got connected importing a connection from an XML file (contents below), but it displays only my schemas and doesn't show my tables inside them.
So, my question is: does Orable SQL Developer support PostgreSQL connections? Is there any other way to have my tables being displayed in the ObjectViewer?
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<References xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/jndi">
<Reference name="Lumea" className="oracle.jdeveloper.db.adapter.DatabaseProvider" credentialStoreKey="Lumea" xmlns="">
<Factory className="oracle.jdeveloper.db.adapter.DatabaseProviderFactory"/>
<RefAddresses>
<StringRefAddr addrType="user">
<Contents>lumea</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="subtype">
<Contents>thirdParty</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="customUrl">
<Contents>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/versates</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="SavePassword">
<Contents>true</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="password">
<Contents>myencryptedpass</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="driver">
<Contents>org.postgresql.Driver</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
<StringRefAddr addrType="DeployPassword">
<Contents>true</Contents>
</StringRefAddr>
</RefAddresses>
</Reference>
</References>
Oracle SQL Developer 4.0.1.14 surely does support connections to PostgreSQL.
download JDBC driver for Postgres (http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html)
in SQL Developer go to Tools → Preferences, Database → Third Party JDBC Drivers and add the jar file (see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/migration/jdbc-migration-1923524.html for step by step example)
now just make a new Database Connection and instead of Oracle, select PostgreSQL tab
Edit:
If you have different user name and database name, one should specify in hostname: hostname/database? (do not forget ?) or hostname:port/database?.
(thanks to #kinkajou and #Kloe2378231; more details on https://stackoverflow.com/a/28671213/565525).
I've just downloaded SQL Developer 4.0 for OS X (10.9), it just got out of beta. I also downloaded the latest Postgres JDBC jar. On a lark I decided to install it (same method as other third party db drivers in SQL Dev), and it accepted it. Whenever I click "new connection", there is a tab now for Postgres... and clicking it shows a panel that asks for the database connection details.
The answer to this question has changed, whether or not it is supported, it seems to work. There is a "choose database" button, that if clicked, gives you a dropdown list filled with available postgres databases. You create the connection, open it, and it lists the schemas in that database. Most postgres commands seem to work, though no psql commands (\list, etc).
Those who need a single tool to connect to multiple database engines can now use SQL Developer.
Oracle SQL Developer doesn't support connections to PostgreSQL. Use pgAdmin to connect to PostgreSQL instead, you can get it from the following URL
http://www.pgadmin.org/download/windows.php
I managed to connect to postgres with SQL Developer.
I downloaded postgres jdbc driver and saved it in a folder.
I run SQL Developer -> Tools -> Preferences -> Search -> JDBC
I defined postgres jdbc driver for the Database and Data Modeler (optional).
This is the trick.
When creating new connection define Hostname like localhost/crm? where crm is the database name. Test the connection, works fine.
If there is no database with the same name as the username, then clicking "Choose Database" will fail with an error like "Status : Failure -FATAL: database "your_username" does not exist"
To work around this, put 5432/database_name? in the Port field, where 5432 is the port of your Postgres instance and database_name is the name of at an existing database that your_username has access to. Then click "Choose Database" again and it should work. Now you can choose the database you want and remove the extra /database_name? from the Port field.
I think this question needs an updated answer, because both PostgreSQL and SQLDeveloper have been updated several times since it was originally asked.
I've got a PostgreSQL instance running in Azure, with SSLMODE=Require.
While I've been using DBeaverCE to access that instance and generate an ER Diagram, I've gotten really familiar with SQLDeveloper, which is now at v19.4.
The instructions about downloading the latest PostgreSQL JDBC driver and where to place it are correct. What has changed, though, is where to configure your DB access.
You'll find a file $HOME/.sqldeveloper/system19.4.0.354.1759/o.jdeveloper.db.connection.19.3.0.354.1759/connections.json:
{
"connections": [
{
"name": "connection-name-goes-here",
"type": "jdbc",
"info": {
"customUrl": "jdbc:postgresql://your-postgresql-host:5432/DBNAME?sslmode=require",
"hostname": "your-postgresql-host",
"driver": "org.postgresql.Driver",
"subtype": "SDPostgreSQL",
"port": "5432",
"SavePassword": "false",
"RaptorConnectionType": "SDPostgreSQL",
"user": "your_admin_user",
"sslmode": "require"
}
}
]
}
You can use this connection with both Data Modeller and the admin functionality of SQLDeveloper. Specifying all the port, dbname and sslmode in the customUrl are required because SQLDeveloper isn't including the sslmode in what it sends via JDBC, so you have to construct it by hand.
I got the list of databases to populate by putting my username in the Username field (no password) and clicking "Choose Database". Doesn't work with a blank Username field, I can only connect to my user database that way.
(This was with SQL Developer 4.0.0.13, Postgres.app 9.3.0.0, and postgresql-9.3-1100.jdbc41.jar, FWIW.)
Oracle SQL Developer 2020-02 support PostgreSQL, but it is just the basics by adding postgreSQL driver under jdbc dir and configure by adding as a 3rd party driver.
The supported functionality:
multiple databases which can be selected at connection definition
CRUD operations like query tables
scheme operations
basic modelling support: show tables without pk, fk, connections
Not supported functionalities:
no table or field completion
no indexes are shown in a tab
no constraints are shown in a tab like: fk, pk-s, unique, or others
no table or field completions in the editor
no functions, packages,triggers, views are shown
The sad thing is Oracle should only change the queries behind this view in case of PostgreSql connections. For example for indexes they need to use this query: select * from pg_catalog.pg_indexes;
Except that it will not work if your user name and database name are differents. It sounds like an SQLDeveloper bug and i can't find any workaroud
Maybe there are some bugs in Oracle SQL Developer when it connect to the postgresql.However I connect postgresql with navicat successfully.(My postgresql username and database name are different
host= localhost/postgres? worked for me if you need a schema/database use:
localhost/postgres?currentSchema=myschema
ex: localhost/postgres?currentSchema=public
once connected, you can also use the
[Choose Database] button and pull down
sql developer postgres jdbc url for the rest of us