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

Access Odoo ERP like you would a database - read, write, and update Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Accounts, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to Odoo Data from PowerBuilder


This article demonstrates how to use the CData ODBC Driver for Odoo to connect to Odoo data and execute queries in PowerBuilder.

The CData ODBC Driver for Odoo can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to Odoo data and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.

Connect to Odoo 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.

To connect, set the Url to a valid Odoo site, User and Password to the connection details of the user you are connecting with, and Database to the Odoo database.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for Odoo

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for Odoo. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with Odoo data.

  1. In PowerBuilder, click Tools -> Database Painter.
  2. In the Objects window in the Database Painter, right-click the ODBC node and click New Profile.
  3. On the Connection tab, enter a name for the profile and select the Odoo DSN in the Data Source menu.
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using Odoo Data with PowerBuilder Controls

You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve Odoo data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC" SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData Odoo Source'" CONNECT USING SQLCA; dw_res_users.SetTransObject(SQLCA); dw_res_users.Retrieve();