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

Access Salesforce data like you would a database - read, write, and update Leads, Contacts, Opportunities, Accounts, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Connect to Salesforce Data from PowerBuilder


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

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

Connect to Salesforce 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.

There are several authentication methods available for connecting to Salesforce: Login, OAuth, and SSO. The Login method requires you to have the username, password, and security token of the user.

If you do not have access to the username and password or do not wish to require them, you can use OAuth authentication.

SSO (single sign-on) can be used by setting the SSOProperties, SSOLoginUrl, and TokenUrl connection properties, which allow you to authenticate to an identity provider. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for more information.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for Salesforce

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

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

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