Connecting and executing SQL statements
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- Last Updated: July 2, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- 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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Copy and paste your connection URL into the Database
URL field; then, click Finish.
The following example shows how to connect using the OAuth 2.0 refresh token grant.
jdbc:datadirect:googleanalytics:googleanalytics:ClientId=client_id; ClientSecret=client_secret;RefreshToken=refresh_token;Note: You can also generate connection strings using Google Analytics Configuration Manager. For more information, see Generating connection URLs with the Configuration Manager. - 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
ACCOUNTtable:SELECT * FROM ACCOUNTTo select the URLs for a specified issue:
SELECT * FROM ACCOUNT WHERE ID = <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.