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

Access IBM Cloud Data Engine interactive query services data like you would a database, through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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How to Query IBM Cloud Data Engine Data in MySQL Workbench


Execute MySQL queries against live IBM Cloud Data Engine data from MySQL Workbench.

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for IBM Cloud Data Engine to query IBM Cloud Data Engine data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live IBM Cloud Data Engine data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to IBM Cloud Data Engine Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

IBM Cloud Data Engine uses the OAuth and HMAC authentication standards. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to IBM Cloud Data Engine data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

Creating a MySQL Remoting Service in SQL Gateway (Salesforce is shown)

Query IBM Cloud Data Engine from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual IBM Cloud Data Engine database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live IBM Cloud Data Engine data.

Connect to IBM Cloud Data Engine through the SQL Gateway

  1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
  2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for IBM Cloud Data Engine).
  3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
  4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
  5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

Query IBM Cloud Data Engine Data

  1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for IBM Cloud Data Engine).
  2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
  3. Write a SQL query to retrieve IBM Cloud Data Engine data, like SELECT * FROM `CData IBMCloudDataEngine Sys`.Jobs;

With access to live IBM Cloud Data Engine data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily query and update IBM Cloud Data Engine, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for IBM Cloud Data Engine and the CData SQL Gateway.