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Leverage the Active Query Builder SQL interface builder and the ease of .NET data access to create data-driven WinForms and ASP.NET apps.
Write standard .NET to expose Square data through an SQL interface: Active Query Builder helps developers write SQL interfaces; the CData ODBC Driver for Square enables standards-based access to Square. This integration uses the Microsoft ADO.NET Provider for ODBC as a bridge between the ODBC Driver and the Active Query Builder objects to build a visual SQL composer.
Connect to Square 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.
Square uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to register an app with Square to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.
Additionally, you must specify the LocationId. You can retrieve the Ids for your Locations by querying the Locations table. Alternatively, you can set the LocationId in the search criteria of your query.
Use SQL to Interact with Square
Follow the steps below to create a WinForms visual query builder.
- Open Active Query Builder for .NET WinForms.
- In the new Windows Forms project go to the "File" menu and click "Connect..."
- Under Database Connections, click "Add..."
- Set your desired Connection Name (e.g. CData Square), set Connection Type to "ODBC" and locate your previously configured DSN in the "User/System" DSN dropdown.
- Click "OK" to save the new connection.
- Back in the Database Connection wizard, select the newly created connection and click "OK."
- Click "File" > "New Query" to create a QueryBuilder
You can now build queries visually: Double-click a table in the Columns Pane Area and an entity/relationship diagram is displayed in the Query Building Area. Columns that you select in the diagram are added to the query.