For Unix and MacOS, ODBC drivers should be compiled againstunixODBC. Drivers compiled against iODBCmay also work, but are not fully supported.
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After installation of the driver manager and driver, you will have toregister the driver in a odbcinst.ini file for it to appear in
odbc::odbcListDrivers()
.Microsoft Windows
Database Drivers
Windows is bundled with ODBC libraries; however, drivers for each databaseneed to be installed separately. Windows ODBC drivers typically include aninstaller that must be run to install the drivers in the properlocations.
Administration
The ODBC Data Source Administratorapplication is used to manage ODBC data sources on Windows.
Apple MacOS
Installation
- Install homebrew to install database drivers easily on MacOS
- Install UnixODBC, which is required for all databases
- Install common DB drivers (optional)
Setting up database connections
See the section with the same name in the Linux section.
Linux Debian / Ubuntu
Installation
The apt-get command can be used to install databasedrivers easily on Linux distributions that support it, such as Debian and Ubuntu.
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- Install UnixODBC, which is required for all databases
- Install common DB drivers (optional)
Setting up database connections
On MacOS and Linux, there are two separate text files that need to be edited.UnixODBC includes a command-line executable called
odbcinst
, which can be used toquery and modify the DSN files. However, these are plain text files youcan also edit by hand if desired.There are two different files used to set up the DSN information:
odbcinst.ini
defines driver optionsodbc.ini
defines connection options
odbcinst.ini
This file contains the driver information, particularly the name of the driver library.Multiple drivers can be specified in the same file.
odbc.ini
This file contains the connection information, particularly the username, password, databaseand host information. The Driver line corresponds to the driver defined in
odbcinst.ini
.Dbase Commands List
See also: unixODBC without the GUI for more information and examples.
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Location
The DSN configuration files can be defined globally for all users of thesystem, often at
/etc/odbc.ini
or /opt/local/etc/odbc.ini
. The file location depends onwhat option was used when compiling unixODBC; odbcinst -j
can be used to findthe exact location. Alternatively, the ODBCSYSINI
environment variable can beused to specify the location of the configuration files. Ex. ODBCSYSINI=~/ODBC
A local DSN file can also be used with the files
~/.odbc.ini
and ~/.odbcinst.ini
.Connecting to a Database in R
Databases can be connected by specifying a connection string directly, or withDSN configuration files.
Connection Strings
Pass the connection parameters as arguments to the
dbConnect()
function.For database-specific settings, go to the Databases section in the menu and look for the page that matches the desired database type.
DSN Configuration files
ODBC configuration files are another option to specify connection parameters; theyallow you to use a Data Source Name (DSN) to make it easier to connect to a database.
For more information about how DSN can be used, check out the following articles in this site:
Project Sections: Home | Specifications | QA | Development | Database DriversDatabase drivers: PostgreSQL | Linux MDB | SQLite
There are several database drivers available which enable you to access certain database types which OpenOffice.org does not have native support for. Those drivers are not (yet) part of the 'official' OpenOffice.org distributions, but hosted here. If you like bleeding edge technology, download the driver if your choice, try it out, and give feedback to the author or in our development mailing list!
Note that not even the authors of the drivers would, usually, call the current versions 'production quality', so the least thing you should have is a good backup.
PostgreSQL | The postgresql SDBC Driver allows to use the postgresql database from OpenOffice.org without any other wrapper layer such as odbc or jdbc. |
Linux MDB | This driver (which is in development) uses the MDBTools to provide (read) access to Microsoft Access files to Linux users of OpenOffice.org. |
SQLite | This SDBC driver (currently in alpha state) is dedicated to giving OpenOffice.org native access to SQLite databases. |