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

Access GitHub data like you would a database - read, write, and update GitHub Repositories, Projects, Labels, Issues, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to GitHub Data from PowerBuilder


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

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

Connect to GitHub 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.

GitHub uses the OAuth 2 authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to create an app to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties. See the Getting Started chapter of the CData help documentation for an authentication guide.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for GitHub

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

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

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