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Get the Report →Execute Stored Procedures to Sybase in BizTalk
You can use stored procedures provided by the CData BizTalk Adapter for Sybase to automate working with Sybase data in BizTalk. Stored procedures implement actions available in the underlying API.
Stored procedures implement Sybase actions that cannot be represented as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements. This article shows how to generate a schema for a stored procedure. You can use the schema to execute the stored procedure from a send port.
Add the Adapter to Your Project
Use the Add Adapter wizard to add the adapter to a BizTalk Server project in Visual Studio. The adapter will return metadata about the inputs of the stored procedure and its results. This metadata is needed to create the schema.
- Right-click on the project in the Solution Explorer and click Add -> Add Generated Items.
- Select Add Adapter Metadata in the resulting dialog box.
- In the resulting Add Adapter wizard, select the adapter from the list.
- In the Port menu, leave the selection blank. Or, select a receive location or send port that has been configured to use the Sybase Adapter.
On the Connection String page, enter authentication credentials and other connection properties if they were not already configured in the send port or the receive location.
Below is a typical connection string:
User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=mydatabase;Charset=iso_1;
To connect to Sybase, specify the following connection properties:
- Server: Set this to the name or network address of the Sybase database instance.
- Database: Set this to the name of the Sybase database running on the specified Server.
Optionally, you can also secure your connections with TLS/SSL by setting UseSSL to true.
Sybase supports several methods for authentication including Password and Kerberos.
Connect Using Password Authentication
Set the AuthScheme to Password and set the following connection properties to use Sybase authentication.
- User: Set this to the username of the authenticating Sybase user.
- Password: Set this to the username of the authenticating Sybase user.
Connect using LDAP Authentication
To connect with LDAP authentication, you will need to configure Sybase server-side to use the LDAP authentication mechanism.
After configuring Sybase for LDAP, you can connect using the same credentials as Password authentication.
Connect Using Kerberos Authentication
To leverage Kerberos authentication, begin by enabling it setting AuthScheme to Kerberos. See the Using Kerberos section in the Help documentation for more information on using Kerberos authentication.
You can find an example connection string below:
Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;User=SampleUser;Password=SamplePassword;Database=MyDB;Kerberos=true;KerberosKDC=MyKDC;KerberosRealm=MYREALM.COM;KerberosSPN=server-name
Generate the Schema
After you enter connection properties in the Add Adapter wizard, the Schema wizard is displayed.
- On the next page, Schema Information, select the Send Port that you have configured to use the Sybase Adapter.
- If you have configured the CData Sybase Adapter in a solicit-response send port, disable the One-Way option.
- In the Command Type menu, select Stored Procedure.
- Select the stored procedure from the menu and enter the values for the input parameters.
- Confirm the settings in the summary displayed by the wizard and click Finish to generate the schema.xsd file.
Processing Schemas
To use schemas in a simple BizTalk application, see the tutorial.