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Get the Report →A PostgreSQL Interface for Salesforce Data Cloud Data using the CData ODBC Driver
Use the SQL Gateway and Salesforce Data Cloud ODBC Driver to create a PostgreSQL entry-point for data access.
There are a vast number of PostgreSQL clients available on the Internet. From standard Drivers to BI and Analytics tools, PostgreSQL is a popular interface for data access. Using the SQL Gateway included in our ODBC Drivers, you can now create PostgreSQL entry-points that you can connect to from any standard client.
To access Salesforce Data Cloud data as a PostgreSQL database on Windows, use the CData SQL Gateway, the ODBC Driver for Salesforce Data Cloud, and the MySQL foreign data wrapper from EnterpriseDB. In this article, we compile the foreign data wrapper in Visual Studio, install it as an extension, and query Salesforce Data Cloud data from PostgreSQL Server.
Configure the Connection to Salesforce Data Cloud
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.
Salesforce Data Cloud supports authentication via the OAuth standard.
OAuth
Set AuthScheme to OAuth.
Desktop Applications
CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies authentication at the desktop.
You can also authenticate from the desktop via a custom OAuth application, which you configure and register at the Salesforce Data Cloud console. For further information, see Creating a Custom OAuth App in the Help documentation.
Before you connect, set these properties:
- InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
- OAuthClientId (custom applications only): The Client ID assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
- OAuthClientSecret (custom applications only): The Client Secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.
When you connect, the driver opens Salesforce Data Cloud's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.
The driver then completes the OAuth process as follows:
- Extracts the access token from the callback URL.
- Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
- Saves OAuth values in OAuthSettingsLocation so that they persist across connections.
- Install PostgreSQL. This example uses an installation of PostgreSQL 9.4.
- If you are using a 64-bit installation of PostgreSQL, obtain libintl.h from the PostgreSQL source. The 64-bit PostgreSQL installer does not currently include libintl.h.
- Obtain the source for the mysql_fdw foreign data wrapper from EnterpriseDB.
- Install MySQL Connector C. This example uses an installation of MySQL Connector C 6.1.
- In Visual Studio, create a new empty C++ project.
- In Solution Explorer, right-click Source Files and click Add -> Existing Item. In the file explorer, select all of the .c and .h files from the mysql_fdw source.
- If you are building for a 64-bit system, click Build -> Configuration Manager and in Active Solution Platform select x64.
- Right-click your project and click Properties.
- In the Configuration menu, select All Configurations.
- In Configuration Properties -> General -> Configuration Type, select Dynamic Library.
- In Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Code Generation -> Enable C++ Exceptions, select No.
- In Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Advanced -> Compile As, select Compile as C Code.
- In Linker -> Manifest File -> Generate Manifest, select No.
- In Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies, select Edit and enter the following:
postgres.lib libmysql.lib WS2_32.lib Secur32.lib
Additionally, ensure that Inherit From Parent or Project Defaults is checked. - In Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories, select Edit and add the path to the lib folder in your PostgreSQL installation.
- In Linker -> General -> Link Library Dependencies, select No.
- To complete the configuration of your project, add the necessary includes:
In C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories, add the following folders in the following order:
MyMySQLConnectorCInstallation\include MyPostgreSQLInstallation\MyPostgreSQLVersion\include\server\port\win32_msvc MyPostgreSQLInstallation\MyPostgreSQLVersion\include\server\port\win32 MyPostgreSQLInstallation\MyPostgreSQLVersion\include\server MyPostgreSQLInstallation\MyPostgreSQLVersion\include
- In mysql_fdw.c, add the following defines:
#define dlsym(lib, name) (void*)GetProcAddress((HMODULE)lib, name) #define dlopen(libname, unused) LoadLibraryEx(libname, NULL, 0)
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In the mysql_load_library definition, delete the following line:
mysql_dll_handle = dlopen(_MYSQL_LIBNAME, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_DEEPBIND);
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Add the following line in the mysql_load_library definition to replace the assignment of mysql_dll_handle for a Windows build:
mysql_dll_handle = dlopen("libmysql.dll", 0);
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Prepend the call to the mysql_fdw_handler function with the __declspec(dllexport) keyword to export the function from the DLL:
__declspec(dllexport) extern Datum mysql_fdw_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
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In option.c, prepend the declaration of the mysql_fdw_validator function with the __declspec(dllexport) keyword to export the function from the DLL:
__declspec(dllexport) extern Datum mysql_fdw_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
- Add the path to the lib folder for MySQL Connector C to the PATH environment variable of the machine running PostgreSQL.
- Copy the DLL from the RElease folder for your project into the lib subfolder of your PostgreSQL installation.
- In the folder containing the mysql_fdw csource files, copy myswl_fdw--1.0.sql and mysql_fdw.control into the extension folder under the share folder of your PostgreSQL installation. For example: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\share\extension.
- Log into your PostgreSQL database. For example:
C:\> psql -U postgres
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Load the extension for the database:
postgres=#CREATE EXTENSION mysql_fdw;
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Create a server object for Salesforce Data Cloud data:
postgres=# CREATE SERVER SalesforceDataCloud FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER mysql_fdw OPTIONS (host '127.0.0.1', port '3306');
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Create a user mapping for the username and password of a user known to the MySQL remoting service. Below are the credentials for the user in the sample configuration of the service:
postgres=# CREATE USER MAPPING for postgres SERVER SalesforceDataCloud OPTIONS (username 'admin', password 'test');
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Create the local schema:
postgres=# CREATE SCHEMA SalesforceDataCloud_db;
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Import all the tables in the Salesforce Data Cloud database you defined:
postgres=# IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA "CData SalesforceDataCloud Sys" FROM SERVER SalesforceDataCloud INTO SalesforceDataCloud_db;
For other OAuth methods, including Web Applications and Headless Machines, refer to the Help documentation.
Start the Remoting Service
The MySQL remoting service is a daemon process that listens for clients' incoming MySQL connections. See the setup guide in the SQL Gateway overview to configure the MySQL Remoting service in the CData SQL Gateway.
Build the MySQL Foreign Data Wrapper
The Foreign Data Wrapper can be installed as an extension to PostgreSQL, without recompiling PostgreSQL. If you are running PostgreSQL on a Unix-based system, you can use the PostgreSQL Extension Network (PGXN) to install the FDW, mysql_fdw. If you are running PostgreSQL on Windows, compile the extension to ensure that you are working with the latest version. Follow the steps below to make the necessary modifications to build the extension from Visual Studio:
Obtain Prerequisites
To build the foreign data wrapper, do the following:
Configure a Project
After you have obtained the necessary software and source code, you are ready to compile the extension with Visual Studio. Follow the steps below to create a project using the mysql_fdw source:
Follow the steps below to configure your project:
Follow the steps below to add the required dependencies:
Configure mysql_fdw for Windows
After setting up a project, make the following changes to build mysql_fdw in Visual Studio:
You can now select the Release configuration and build.
Install the Extension
After you have compiled the DLL, follow the steps below to install the extension:
Query Salesforce Data Cloud Data as a PostgreSQL Database
After you have installed the extension, follow the steps below to start executing queries to Salesforce Data Cloud data:
You can now execute SELECT commands to Salesforce Data Cloud:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM SalesforceDataCloud_db."account";