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

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

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Connect to ADP Data from PowerBuilder


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

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

Connect to ADP 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.

Connect to ADP by specifying the following properties:

  • SSLClientCert: Set this to the certificate provided during registration.
  • SSLClientCertPassword: Set this to the password of the certificate.
  • UseUAT: The connector makes requests to the production environment by default. If using a developer account, set UseUAT = true.
  • RowScanDepth: The maximum number of rows to scan for the custom fields columns available in the table. The default value will be set to 100. Setting a high value may decrease performance.

The connector uses OAuth to authenticate with ADP. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with ADP using the browser. For more information, refer to the OAuth section in the Help documentation.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for ADP

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for ADP. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with ADP 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 ADP DSN in the Data Source menu.
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using ADP 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 ADP data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

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