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The QuickBooks ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Quickbooks Point of Sale, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access QuickBooks POS data like you would a database - read, write, and update QuickBooks Inventory, Transactions, Accounts, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to QuickBooks POS Data in Ruby


Connect to QuickBooks POS data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.

The CData ODBC Driver for QuickBooks POS makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live QuickBooks POS data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to QuickBooks POS data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Create an ODBC Connection to QuickBooks POS Data

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.

When you are connecting to a local QuickBooks instance, you do not need to set any connection properties.

Requests are made to QuickBooks POS through the Remote Connector. The Remote Connector runs on the same machine as QuickBooks POS and accepts connections through a lightweight, embedded Web server. The server supports SSL/TLS, enabling users to connect securely from remote machines.

The first time you connect, you will need to authorize the Remote Connector with QuickBooks POS. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide.

Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems

If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:

gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc

Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to QuickBooks POS Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: QuickBooksPOSSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

#connect to the DSN require 'DBI' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData QuickBooksPOS Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT ListId, AccountLimit FROM Customers") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn

With the file completed, you are ready to display your QuickBooks POS data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

ruby QuickBooksPOSSelect.rb Writing SQL-92 queries to QuickBooks POS allows you to quickly and easily incorporate QuickBooks POS data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!