Connecting and executing SQL statements
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- Last Updated: July 2, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- Aha! 6.0
- Documentation
To use the driver to access data with DbVisualizer:
- Open DbVisualizer.
- From the menu, select Database>New Connection. When prompted to use the Connection Wizard, click OK.
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Provide the following information when
prompted; then, click Next to
proceed:
- Connection alias: Type the name to be used when referring to this connection.
- Driver: Select the alias that you provided for your driver from the drop-down menu.
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Provide values for the following fields;
then, click Finish.
- Database URL: Copy and paste your connection URL
into this field. The following examples show how to connect using either
URL parameter authentication or OAuth 2.0 authorization grant
authentication. Note: You can also generate connection strings using Aha! Configuration Manager. For more information, see Generating connection URLs with the Configuration Manager.
URL parameter (API key) authentication
jdbc:datadirect:aha://example.org;authenticationMethod=UrlParameter; securitytoken=api_key;Note: See URL parameter (API key) authentication for details.OAuth 2.0 authorization code grant
jdbc:datadirect:aha://example.org;authenticationMethod=OAuth2; oauthCode=auth_code;clientId=client_id;clientSecret=client_secret; redirectUri=https://lvh.me/app_callback.htmlNote: See Authorization code grant for details on this and other supported grant types.
- Database URL: Copy and paste your connection URL
into this field. The following examples show how to connect using either
URL parameter authentication or OAuth 2.0 authorization grant
authentication.
- To execute SQL statements, select SQL Commander>New SQL Commander. A SQL Commander tab opens.
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Select values for the following
fields:
- Database Connection: Select connection alias you provided for the connection from the drop-down menu.
- Schema: Select the schema you want to execute queries against from the drop-down menu.
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In the SQL Commander tab, enter SQL
commands you want to execute; then select SQL
Commander>Execute. For example:
To select all of the rows from the
FEATUREStable:
To select the comments for a specified user :SELECT * FROM FEATURESSELECT BODY FROM ISSUES WHERE USER_ID = <user_id>See "Supported SQL statements and extensions" for the supported syntax used to execute SQL statements.
Note: If you are fetching large sets of data, you may want to limit the results using the Max Rows and Max Chars fields.