Connect to OData Services in RazorSQL

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

Connect to OData from wizards and query OData services from the GUI in the RazorSQL database management tool.

The CData JDBC Driver for OData enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to OData using wizards in RazorSQL.

About OData Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live OData services data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

Access OData versions 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0, working with legacy services and the latest features and capabilities.
Leverage advanced query options, including $filter, $select, and $expand, enhancing data retrieval from 3rd party tools.
Use Server-side execution of aggregation and grouping to minimize data transfer and boost performance.
Authenticate securely using a variety of schemes, including Azure AD, digest, negotiate, NTLM, OAuth, and more means secure authentication with every connection.
Use SQL stored procedures to manage OData service entities - listing, creating, and removing associations between entities.

Customers use CData's solutions to regularly integrate their OData services with preferred tools, such as Power BI, MicroStrategy, or Tableau, and to replicate data from OData services to their databases or data warehouses.

Getting Started

Create a JDBC Data Source for OData Services

Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
- Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
- Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.odata.ODataDriver.
- Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
- Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
- JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:odata: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.
  
  The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid OData user credentials. In addition, specify a URL to a valid OData server organization root or OData services file.
  
  Built-in Connection String Designer
  
  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the OData JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.
```
java -jar cdata.jdbc.odata.jar
```
  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.
  👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
  
  A typical JDBC URL is the following:
```
jdbc:odata:URL=http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc;UseIdUrl=True;OData Version=4.0;Data Format=ATOM;
```

👁 The JDBC data source, defined by the JAR path, driver class, and JDBC URL. Connection properties are defined in the JDBC URL. (QuickBooks is shown.)

Query OData Services and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.

👁 The resuls of a query in RazorSQL. (QuickBooks is shown.)

Ready to get started?

Download a free trial of the OData Driver to get started:

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Learn more:

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OData JDBC Driver

Easy-to-use OData client (consumer) enables developers to build Java applications that easily communicate with OData services.

URL: https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/odata-jdbc-rsql.rst