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Connect to Teradata Data in Aqua Data Studio


Access Teradata data from tools in Aqua Data Studio such as the Visual Query Builder and the Table Data Editor.

The CData JDBC Driver for Teradata integrates Teradata data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Teradata data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Teradata data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

  1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
  2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
  3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
    • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Teradata.
    • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.teradata.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
    • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.teradata.TeradataDriver.

    • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:teradata: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

      To connect to Teradata, provide authentication information and specify the database server name.

      • User: Set this to the username of a Teradata user.
      • Password: Set this to the password of the Teradata user.
      • DataSource: Specify the Teradata server name, DBC Name, or TDPID.
      • Port: Specify the port the server is running on.
      • Database: Specify the database name. If not specified, the default database is used.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

      For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Teradata JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.teradata.jar

      Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

      A typical JDBC URL is below:

      jdbc:teradata:User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=mydatabase;

Query Teradata Data

You can now query the tables exposed.