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Get the Report →Build a PostgreSQL Interface for Veeva Data using the CData JDBC Driver
Use the Remoting features of the Veeva JDBC 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 our JDBC Drivers, you can now create PostgreSQL entry-points that you can connect to from any standard client.
To access Veeva data as a PostgreSQL database, use the CData JDBC Driver for Veeva and a JDBC foreign data wrapper (FDW). In this article, we compile the FDW, install it, and query Veeva data from PostgreSQL Server.
Connect to Veeva Data as a JDBC Data Source
To connect to Veeva as a JDBC data source, you will need the following:
- Driver JAR path: The JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
Driver class:
cdata.jdbc.veevavault.VeevaVaultDriver
- JDBC URL:
The URL must start with "jdbc:veevavault:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.
You are ready to connect after specifying the following connection properties:
- Url: The host you see in the URL after you login to your account. For example: https://my-veeva-domain.veevavault.com
- User: The username you use to login to your account.
- Password: The password you use to login to your account.
Built-in Connection String Designer
For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Veeva JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.
java -jar cdata.jdbc.veevavault.jar
Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.
A typical JDBC URL is below:
jdbc:veevavault:User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=mydatabase;
Build the JDBC Foreign Data Wrapper
The Foreign Data Wrapper can be installed as an extension to PostgreSQL, without recompiling PostgreSQL. The jdbc2_fdw extension is used as an example (downloadable here).
- Add a symlink from the shared object for your version of the JRE to /usr/lib/libjvm.so. For example:
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so /usr/lib/libjvm.so
- Start the build:
make install USE_PGXS=1
Query Veeva Data as a PostgreSQL Database
After you have installed the extension, follow the steps below to start executing queries to Veeva data:
- Log into your database.
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Load the extension for the database:
CREATE EXTENSION jdbc2_fdw;
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Create a server object for Veeva:
CREATE SERVER VeevaVault FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER jdbc2_fdw OPTIONS ( drivername 'cdata.jdbc.veevavault.VeevaVaultDriver', url 'jdbc:veevavault:User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=mydatabase;', querytimeout '15', jarfile '/home/MyUser/CData/CData\ JDBC\ Driver\ for\ Salesforce MyDriverEdition/lib/cdata.jdbc.veevavault.jar');
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Create a user mapping for the username and password of a user known to the MySQL daemon.
CREATE USER MAPPING for postgres SERVER VeevaVault OPTIONS ( username 'admin', password 'test');
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Create a foreign table in your local database:
postgres=# CREATE FOREIGN TABLE northwindproducts ( northwindproducts_id text, northwindproducts_ProductId text, northwindproducts_ProductName numeric) SERVER VeevaVault OPTIONS ( table_name 'northwindproducts');
postgres=# SELECT * FROM northwindproducts;