Learn more
 

Ready to get started?

Download a free trial of the CockroachDB ODBC Driver to get started:

 Download Now

Learn more:

CockroachDB Icon CockroachDB ODBC Driver

The CockroachDB ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from CockroachDB, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access CockroachDB data like you would a database - read, write, and update CockroachDB NewSQLDB, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

In this article

Related articles

Use the CData ODBC Driver for CockroachDB in Microsoft Power Query


You can use the CData CockroachDB ODBC Driver with Microsoft Power Query. In this article, you will use the ODBC driver to import CockroachDB data into Microsoft Power Query.

The CData ODBC Driver for CockroachDB enables you to link to CockroachDB data in Microsoft Power Query, ensuring that you see any updates. This article details how to use the ODBC driver to import CockroachDB data into Microsoft Power Query.

Connect to CockroachDB as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

Set the following to connect to CockroachDB.

  • Server: The host name or IP address of the server.
  • Port: The port number of the CockroachDB server. If not specified, the default port is 26257.
  • Database: The name of the Cockroach database. If not specified, you connect to the user's default database.
  • User: The Cockroach DB user account used to authenticate.
  • Password: The password used to authenticate the user.

Import CockroachDB Data

Follow the steps below to import CockroachDB data using standard SQL:

  1. From the ribbon in Excel, click Power Query -> From Other Data Sources -> From ODBC.

  2. Enter the ODBC connection string. Below is a connection string using the default DSN created when you install the driver: Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;DSN=CData CockroachDB Source

  3. Enter the SELECT statement to import data with. For example:

    SELECT ShipName, ShipCity FROM Orders WHERE ShipCountry = 'USA'

  4. Enter credentials, if required, and click Connect. The results of the query are displayed in the Query Editor Preview. You can combine queries from other data sources or refine the data with Power Query formulas. To load the query to the worksheet, click the Close and Load button.