I was doing a lotus notes workflow which needs to connect to my ERP system, AS400 to search and extract data into the workflow.
Any idea I can possibly do that?
Thanks!!
You can use DECS on the domino to connect to your AS400 using a scripted activity (or configure a sync). Therefor you need a DB2- driver installed on your Domino server. The other possibility would be to use LEI (that costs a bunch of money, but can do a lot more). The third possibility would be to use lsxcon- classes and write an Agent to get data.
A JAVA- Agent with JDBC might be possible as well (if AS400 supports access using JDBC and you have the appropriate driver).
All solutions will either need someone to code it or money to buy the licences...
If it is a "one time" or "manual" task then the DB2 driver can be installed on a Client where the agent is run manually or in a local schedule (only working if client is running).
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I have a MacBook Pro and want to learn more about sql, I understand I cannot run sql from a Mac, what should I install VMware, linux, windows 10? Can someone walk me through this
SQL is just domain specific language (primarily) for relational databases. What you need to decide is what RDBMS, which in turn implements SQL, you would like to use.[1] Standalone implementations like SQLite definitely run on the Mac (many of Apple's own applications like Mail use it as their database.) For the more complex client/server RDBMS systems (i.e. Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL/MariaDB, etc.) you will at least need to install client-side drivers (often in the form of ODBC, JDBC or native drivers) and then either connect to an existing[1] database or install your own database server.
Since it sounds like you're just getting started, I'd highly recommend starting with a standalone database such as SQLite which you should be able to get to by opening a terminal window and typing 'sqlite3' at the prompt. This will allow you to jump right in and focus on learning SQL itself rather than dealing with getting a full-blown client/server database server up and running. (move on to that later if you find it needed/interesting/useful to you)
[1] unless you need to use an existing database, at work for example, in which case you'll need to find out the various details about the server and database in order to connect to it. In this case, you'll need to find a point of contact (often a DBA) to provide this information.
I'm currently using SQL Developer 4.5.1.21 and want to take some time to learn language, run queries etc etc. I'm using a database that Oracle provides called "HR Schema" that is free for download. Now I know that I need to create a "connection" in order run queries onto this database. I begin running into trouble when I want to create my own connection. Can anybody walk me through the steps of creating a new connection? What I do is click the "+" button and click "new connection".
The major problem you have here is that you need to have an Oracle database instance installed before you can have something to connect to.
You have a couple of options here...
Download and use the free version of Oracle: Oracle Express Edition
You mentioned that you are a student. Check with your professor to see if they offer a more robust edition of Oracle for student use, such as:
a. Oracle Personal Edition
b. Oracle Standard Edition
c. Oracle Enterprise Edition
If you have the available funds, and you intend on persuing a future in database work, you could purchase a license of one of the above mentioned editions.
You can read more about the various editions of Oracle here.
One thing to keep in mind here is that you are wanting to use the sample schemas that Oracle provides, in particular the "HR" schema. Taking a look at the installation documentation over at the Oracle site, I do not see mention of the Express edition of Oracle server on the availability table, but that may not mean that it wont work.
To address the connection portion of your question, once you get your database set up and running, you should be able to connect to it by providing the hostname (localhost for connecting to your local machine), port, and various other information such as username and password. In all, your connection string would likely look like the following:
Host=localhost; SID=MyOracleServer; port=1677; Min Pool Size=1;
Connection Lifetime=600; User ID=EhBabay; Password=secretpassword123;
Or within SQL Developer you should be able to connect to your local instance of the Oracle database fairly easily, without having to create a connection string. The connection string would still be used though, within any applications you write that you want to connect to the database with.
The main thing here, however is that you need to have an instance of an Oracle database installed and running somewhere that you have access to.
A company uses netsuites to make purchase orders and store sales information. The only way this company is able to access this information at the moment is through building netsuites reports
Is there a way SQL language could be written to access the netsuites data as some of the questions asked by the business need something a bit more complex than what netsuites reporting provides - and sound very easy using SQL language
I have experience in Oracle, mysql, and many other SQL languages so I would like to know how to set up a connection to the companies netsuites data so I can help write custom queries
Netsuite has SuiteAnalytics Connect, which is ODBC. It can be downloaded from a link at the very bottom the home screen of your Netsuite account.
After installation of the application bundle and connecting it to your Netsuite, you can write ORACLE SQL queries via Excel, Access, etc. My experience is that Netsuite uses Oracle SQL in ODBC queries and in Saved Search custom queries.
The way I understand it, the ODBC driver is a separately priced item from NetSuite. Once you have that, you could use Excel, Access, Crystal Reports or anything else that can use the ODBC driver to read the data and write queries against it.
The normal way to access NetSuite data is with SuiteScript -- javascript code that uses the nlapi* calls to get to the data.
You can access Netsuite backend using a number of different tools and it allows running Oracle SQL directly.
Netsuite provides JDBC, ADO.NET and ODBC if it was included in your licensing purchase. You can find the downloads from the main menu - lower left hand of the screen in Settings - Set Up SuiteAnalytics Connect.
ADO.net however is pretty worthless in SSIS as it doesn't allow parameter mapping or SQL from a variable value. I have yet to get the ODBC driver to work correctly - it can connect and show columns of a table but it won't validate saying "The ODBC Source.Outputs[ODBC Source Error Output].Columns[...] on the error output has properties that do not match the properties of its corresponding data source column."
The other options I'm looking into are Cozyroc and Kinsgwaysoft adapters for Netsuite. You could also do SOAP or REST connections if desired.
I've not used this, but there should as of 2014.2 there is an ODBC driver available for read access.
http://www.netsuite.com/portal/landing/2014-2/suiteanalytics.shtml
As previously mentioned, if you have it licensed you can download the ODBC driver from the Netsuite application. I tested some other adapters but found Netsuite's at least as good as the competitors and they provide timely security updates to the drivers as well as both 64 and 32 bit versions.
There are also metadata browsers that are on the net (example is URL below), the type of browser being based on which kind of access you are looking at (web services, verses ODBC, etc).
https://system.sandbox.netsuite.com/help/helpcenter/en_US/srbrowser/Browser2017_2/odbc/record/account.html
Within the application GUI there is information you need to connect using their ODBC connection (you need the account id and the role id). The URL is just odbcserver.xxxx.netsuite.com where xxx is specific to your environment you are accessing. Note that other adapters such as Cozyroc, etc. require the admin to setup connections in Netsuite for those.
Here is a list of the main metadata tables:
OA_FKEYS
OA_TABLES
OA_COLUMNS
In addition, note that the URL above does NOT include customization. Plus its not easily consumed by automation tools. But Netsuite provides a set of metadata views within the repository which you can use ODBC to pull from which includes all keys - foreign and primary. AND it does include customizations! I built simple set of ETL jobs that use standard ADO.NET driver within SSIS and the ODBC DSN to pull all the metadata and then use BIML to automatically generate all the extract ETL and related staging tables. You can also easily then use the metadata to detect changes in the underlying database.
Let me know if I can be any help with doing any of this.
There are 3rd party tools, like CData ODBC Adapter for NetSuite: http://www.cdata.com/drivers/netsuite/odbc/ . This tool allows you to run standard SQL against the NetSuite API. Note that the NetSuite API presents a very different data model from that of the native NetSuite ODBC.
With this tool, you install in onto your machine (Win in my case) and then after you configure the driver, you can run SQL against it (the driver config is where you specify your NS credentials, etc.).
It revolutionizes access to NetSuite data IMHO.
Download the Netsuite ODBC drivers, set up your DSN locally with server/credentials, Use SSIS pkgs to automate data extract and load onto you local DB. Use ADO.NET drivers if preferred. Then utilize those tables to create/deliver your complex reports using SQL (stored procedures) and Reporting Services. This will require SQL Standard license at minimum though.
Only API call can access the NetSuite data
You can't access to Netsuite data using sql language.
The only way to gain access to Netsuite from third party systems is to use SOAP request or PHP toolkit.
I need to connect and send/receive information from an MS SQL server in my Lotus Notes app using #formula in realtime (I can connect using an agent, but I need to use inline code for this).
The commands themselves seem pretty straight forward, but setting up the configurations seems to be a topic with scarce documentation. Apparently I need to install an ODBC driver. Where would I find that, and do I install that onto the server or onto the workstations that will run this app?
If any Lotus gurus could step me through setting this up, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
You'll need to install the ODBC driver on the workstations that run this app, if the users will be triggering the ODBC connections. If at all possible, I highly suggest setting this up on the server side, and having it run via an agent. That'll save you from a few headaches, including having to maintain the ODBC connections on each workstation and worrying if each workstation has access to the data and server.
You first just want to make sure your ODBC setup is correct. You'll need the appropriate driver, of course, and the connection information. This site has a walkthrough to give you an idea of how to setup an ODBC database connection
If you have MS Access you can use it to test querying from the ODBC data source. Once you've tested the connection works, you'll just refer to the data source name (DSN) in your #DbColumn, #DbLookup, or #DbCommand formulas.
Back to my suggestion on setting this up on the server side, that would mean you'd keep a copy of the data you're querying within the Notes database itself, and then users would be interacting with read-only data in Notes. You could schedule updates regularly on the server side of that read-only data and effectively create a cache of the data in your Notes environment. Then that data would replicate around to other replicas of the database, but remove the trouble of the ODBC connection being needed everywhere.
If you need realtime data, though, that solution is out the window and you'll have to go with a local solution. In that case, you might want to look at the LCConnection class or using an ADODB.Connection from script, as both will allow you to create DSN-less connections to data sources. You'd then save the trouble of requiring ODBC data sources on each workstation, and only have to worry about whether they can access the server from their workstation.
I would add another option to Ken's list. It involves having the server do the queries of the external database (therefore you are only setting up ODBC in on the server - you don't have to deal with it on the workstations). You create an agent that is launched on the server using the 'run on server' technique. When the workstation needs to query the external data, the code creates a throw-away document in the database, puts the query criteria into the temporary document, saves the document, then calls the 'run on server' agent passing a reference to the temporary document. The server launches the agent, reads the criteria from the temporary document, does the query, and writes the results back to the temporary document. Then the workstation can access the query results from the temporary document. A scheduled agent can delete the temp docs on a regular basis.
It sounds complicated, and it all has to be done in script, but I've done this in many applications and it is fast, flexible, easy to administer, and gives your applications a lot of power. Note that end users must have the ACL rights to create a document in the db (the temp doc) in order for this to work.
Good luck!
Here's task: We have an sql server database. which is hosted at our server. What we need to do is: we need to create a non-techy-users interface (basically insert/edit forms) and let these non-techy-users to install this database locally, since they are located in the areas without internet connection. Then when they're done using the database we get the data from them and inster it in our database.
The biggest concern is that it is not trivial for non-it people to install sql server. Can you please advise me what solution should I choose? Simple Access should work fine, but i really do not want to mess with it and have data conversion back and forth between engines.
Sync Framework for SQL Server: your application uses a lite weight, embedded SQL Server CE (no installation, just a couple of DLLs deployed along with your app) and the sync framework manages the synchronization with the 'mother ship' SQL Server.
Out of interest, why do they need their own installation? Can't you create a new database on your existing instance?
If you're looking for an easy way to create insert/edit forms on your database, have you considered looking at Microsoft's new LightSwitch product (currently in Beta) or Microsoft's Dynamic Data?