I would like to create a report from a project management system that has been created in Lotus Notes. I have connected to ORACLE from SSRS before, can I connect to the Lotus Notes DB?
Yes, with a third-party adapter or driver.
Propoison has an adapter (Propoison Report Adapter) that connects to Lotus Notes and Domino environments. Apparently they were recently bought by Quest Software, which I discovered by being redirected. You'll have to call Quest to see if you'll have any development options now or going forward.
Alternatively it should be possible to connect to Notes using IBM's NotesSQL ODBC driver.
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I am tyring to create a scanner application and this requires going into my database and fetching a upc code. However I don't know how to accomplish this in visual studio. Essentially when a person clicks a button a database connection should open from the smart device which will allow the user to see the price of an item. However I was struggling trying to create a a database connection so I tried doing it by my odbc driver which is how I use it for my access programs. This worked and I can see all my tables on my server explorer. However I don't know if I have to explicitly establish a connection pragmatically as well in order to run a select statement....
I forgot to mention I decided to go with an ODBC connection because when I tried sing Microsoft Sql Server (SQLCLient) I got an error saying "The server version is not supported only servers up to Microsoft Sql Server 2005 are supported"
So I decided to go with the odbc driver but I don't even know if using an odbc driver will work while using the application on the scanner device
I haven't programming with VS nor vb.net so this is all pretty new to me, so any pointers at all help
I am trying to connect the QuickBooks (QODBC) application data through Pentaho (Kettle) for ETL process. Would like to know how can we connect the QuickBooks (QODBC) application data through Pentaho.
Pentaho's ODBC connections use the JDBC-ODBC bridge that is bundled with Java.
The JDBC-ODBC bridge driver was removed in Java 8, preventing ODBC drivers from being usable in newer versions of Pentaho or other Java-based applications.
Generally, in such scenario, we suggest to use MS-Access (third Party application -->MS Access--> Linked tables-->QRemote-->QODBC-->QuickBooks Data), but in this case, accessing MS-Access also requires OBDC. A JDBC driver called UCanAccess is available as an alternative.
The limitation of UCanAccess is that it does not allow to query linked table and can only connect to ms-access base tables.
I would suggest to get in touch with Pentaho and see if you can get a version that allows JDBC-ODBC connection (Generic ODBC) via DSN.
I am currently working front end of SAP application now i am going develop automation process using Excel VBA with BDC, But in my work place most of developing transaction access denied (SHDB, SE38). Is there any online or free sap application for practice BDC program and record.
The only service, which provided test worldwide access to IDES, was Consolut, but recently it was discontinued. However, you can buy live access to SAP system directly from SAP, or request SAP Sneak Preview (MiniSAP), or try pre-configured virtual appliances from SAP Cloud Appliance Library free of charge. However your question isn't really related to development area.
I am debugging a software which uses lotus and i am not looking to master the domino lotus.
Looking for commands to
1) create database
2) list database
3) delete database
I had downloaded the DOMI_SRV_901_LIN_XS64_EN_-TRIAL.tar and installed on redhat 6 machine. Started the lotus domino server using the command
su - notes -c "cd /local/notesdata; /opt/ibm/lotus/bin/server&"
Now how to create the simplest database possible using command line.
Simple answer: you don't...
There is no way to create a database using command lines, and deleting and listing is also usually not made via command line.
For creating databases you need IBM Domino Designer Client.
For managing the server you need IBM Domino Admin Client.
Domino databases are not relational databases, that can be simply created using a command: They are much more.
After installing you have a lot databases already on your server. e.g.:
names.nsf - Aka Domino Directory: Contains the configuration of your Domino Domain, your users, groups, etc.
log.nsf - Guess: Yes, the log of the server
admin4.nsf - Needed for administrative purposes (renaming users, deleting databases, etc.), used in the "backend" most of the time
You won't learn using domino just from a linux console. Most probably you need an admin education (lasting at least 3 days)...
Domino is to complex for this...
How to create lotus domino database? I have installed domino designer 8.5, lotus admin 8.5 and lotus server. I have configured and launch domino server. So now I need to create database and connect to it with java. Connection is the second part and first I need to find out how to create this db. In tutorials I saw that I need to use domino developer to do that. But there is no such function in domino developer. Can someone tell me, how to do it?
The short answer: File - Application - New.
I will suggest you find a book and/or online tutorials on the subject of application development in Notes/Domino.
For an excellent introduction to programming Domino in Java, see Bob Balaban's old book -- which is available now for free on his blog here. Yes, it's old, but it covers the basic concepts very, very well. (The one critical thing that is missing is the recycle() method, which didn't exist at the time he wrote the book, but is absolutely essential.)
How to create lotus domino database?
From the Notes client do File - > Application - New
I have installed domino designer 8.5, lotus admin 8.5 and lotus server.
good, you seem ready
I have configured and launch domino server. So now I need to create database and connect to it with java.
So you have written some java on the OS level and need to connect to notes using the Notes API? first step is to read about the notes.jar and ncso.jar.
Did you know that a Notes database is an eclipse project?
Connection is the second part and first I need to find out how to create this db.
In tutorials I saw that I need to use domino developer to do that. But there is no such function in domino developer.
* The developer client is called Domino Designer, You do not need Domino Designer to create a database but if you want to make design changes you need Domino Designer. (btw. you mentioned that you already installed Domino Designer above)
Notes Domino is a client server solution. databases can be local on your machine or on the server.
Good luck
Thomas