The Google Sheets ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Google Sheets, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity. Access Google Sheets data like you would a database - read, write, and update Google Sheets data through a standard ODBC Driver interface.
See what you can do with Google Sheets ODBC Driver
Server
Connect to Google Sheets from SQL Server as Linked-Server. You can query Google Sheets from familiar Transact-SQL without need of setting up another application.
Integrate Google Sheets to your system through popular ETL / EAI tools such as Informatica PowerCenter. Standard SQL and Stored Procedures enable fast delivery of your integration projects.
Connect Google Sheets from any ODBC compatible tools:
Desktop
Your familiar tools can connect to Google Sheets using CData ODBC.
- Microsoft Access
- Power Query
- DBeaver
- and more
Google Sheets ODBC Connectivity Features
- Access Google Spreadsheet data as an entire worksheet or from discrete ranges of data within a worksheet
- Represent discrete blocks of data as tables through automatic detection or by manually specifying ranges of data
- Optionally specify if the first row of data should be used for field names
- Read tables that are oriented horizontally or vertically
- Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
- Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
- Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
- Connect to live Google Sheets data, for real-time data access with the Google Sheets Python Connectors
- Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
- Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
- Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Google Sheets Connector.
Target Service, API
CData Google Sheets ODBC driver allows you to access Google Sheets as tables. The driver leverages two drivers: the Google Drive API to enable bidirectional access to Google Sheets and the Google Sheets to retrieve the actual data.
Schema, Data Model
The driver models spreadsheets and ranges as relational tables. The driver enables you to represent a top-left-oriented spreadsheet or a user-specified range as a database table. You can control how tables are listed by setting the Header property.
Key Objects
User defined sheets are being exposed as tables.
Operations
The driver supports standard operations (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) and bulk operations (INSERT INTO SELECT, UPDATE SELECT, DELETE SELECT).
Authentication
CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies authentication at the desktop. You can also authenticate from the desktop via a custom OAuth application, which you configure and register at the Google Sheets console.. Supported Authentication Schemes are; Token, OAuth, OAuthJWT, GCPInstanceAccount, AWSWorkloadIdentity
Specific feature or properties
You can also create, copy or delete sheets, or Up/Download Documents to Google Drive.
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FAQs
Frequently asked Google Sheets ODBC driver questions
Learn more about Google Sheets ODBC drivers for data and analytics integration
- Does Google Sheets support ODBC?
- Is there an ODBC driver for Google Sheets?
- How do I connect to Google Sheets via ODBC?
- Where can I download an ODBC driver for Google Sheets?
- How do I install an ODBC driver for Google Sheets?
- Is the Google Sheets ODBC driver 32-bit or 64-bit?
- Does pyODBC work with Google Sheets?
- Does the ODBC connector support ARM64 devices?
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