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OceanBase Connector/ODBC

V2.0.6
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    • Install and configure OceanBase Connector/ODBC for Linux
    • Install and configure OceanBase Connector/ODBC for Windows
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    • API functions in OceanBase Connector/ODBC
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Basic operations

Last Updated:2026-09-04 08:24:40

Usually, you must perform the following operations when you use OceanBase Connector/ODBC in an application to interact with an OBServer:

  • Configure a data source name (DSN) for OceanBase Connector/ODBC.
  • Connect to the OBServer. For example, allocate an environment handle, allocate a connection handle, establish the connection, and set optional connection attributes.
  • Initialize SQL statements. For example, allocate a statement handle and set optional statement attributes.
  • Execute SQL statements. For example, preprocess and execute SQL statements, or directly execute SQL statements without preprocessing.
  • Search for execution results. The results can contain the number of columns, column information, or row data.
  • Commit or roll back transactions.
  • Disconnect from the OBServer, and release the connection and environment handles.

The following example shows how to use OceanBase Connector/ODBC to create a table, insert data into the table, query data from the table, and delete data from the table.


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "sql.h"
#include "sqlext.h"

typedef struct tagODBCHandler {
  SQLHENV henv;
  SQLHDBC hdbc;
  SQLHSTMT hstmt;
}ODBCHandler;

int IS_SUCC(SQLRETURN retcode) {
  if  (retcode == SQL_SUCCESS || retcode == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO) return 1;
  return 0;
}
void checkError(SQLRETURN retcode, const char* msg, ODBCHandler* handler) {
  SQLCHAR message[SQL_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1];
  SQLCHAR sqlstate[SQL_SQLSTATE_SIZE + 1];
  SQLINTEGER error;
  SQLSMALLINT len;
  SQLRETURN tmpcode;

  switch (retcode){
  case SQL_SUCCESS:
    printf("%s retcode is SQLRETURN\n", msg);
    break;
  case SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO:
    printf("%s retcode is SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO\n", msg);
    break;
  case SQL_ERROR:
    printf("%s retcode is SQL_ERROR\n", msg);
    tmpcode = SQLError(handler->henv, handler->hdbc, handler->hstmt, sqlstate, &error, message, sizeof(message), &len);
    if (tmpcode != SQL_SUCCESS && tmpcode != SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO) {
      printf("get sqlerror failed %d", tmpcode);
    } else {
      printf("error is %d, meeesage is %s, sqlstate is %s, len is %d\n", error, message, sqlstate, len);
    }
    break;
  case SQL_INVALID_HANDLE:
    printf("%s retcode is SQL_INVALID_HANDLE\n", msg);
    break;
  case SQL_STILL_EXECUTING:
    printf("%s retcode is SQL_STILL_EXECUTING\n", msg);
    break;
  case SQL_NO_DATA:
    printf("%s retcode is SQL_NO_DATA\n", msg);
    break;
  default:
    printf("%s retcode is UNKNOWN retcode\n", msg);
    break;
  }
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  ODBCHandler handler;
  SQLRETURN retcode;
#define MAX_NAME_LEN 255
  SQLCHAR   connOut[MAX_NAME_LEN+1];
  SQLSMALLINT len;
  // Allocate environment handle
  retcode = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &handler.henv);
  // Set the ODBC version environment attribute  
  if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
    checkError(retcode, "SQLAllocHandle", &handler);
    return -1;
  }
  retcode = SQLSetEnvAttr(handler.henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_OV_ODBC3_80, 0);
  // Allocate connection handle  
  if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
    checkError(retcode, "SQLSetEnvAttr", &handler);
    return -1;
  }
  retcode = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, handler.henv, &handler.hdbc);  
  if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
    checkError(retcode, "SQLAllocHandle", &handler);
    return -1;
  }
  // Set the logon timeout value to 5 seconds  
  SQLSetConnectAttr(handler.hdbc, SQL_LOGIN_TIMEOUT, (SQLPOINTER)5, 0);  
  // Connect to data source  
  retcode = SQLDriverConnect(handler.hdbc, NULL, (SQLCHAR*)"DSN=oboracle", SQL_NTS, connOut, MAX_NAME_LEN, &len,SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT);
  if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
    checkError(retcode, "SQLDriverConnect", &handler);
    return -1;
  }
  retcode = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, handler.hdbc, &handler.hstmt);
  if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
    checkError(retcode, "SQLAllocHandle", &handler);
    return -1;
  }
  {
    // Drop
    SQLExecDirect(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"drop table PERSON", SQL_NTS);
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
  }
  {
    // Create
    retcode = SQLExecDirect(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"create table PERSON(id int, num int, name varchar2(100))", SQL_NTS);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLExecDirect", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
  }
  {
    // Insert
    retcode = SQLPrepare(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"insert into PERSON values(?,?,'test')", SQL_NTS);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLPrepare", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLINTEGER id = 0;
    SQLINTEGER num = 0;
    retcode = SQLBindParameter(handler.hstmt, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_LONG, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0, &id, 0, NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindParameter", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLBindParameter(handler.hstmt, 2, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_LONG, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0, &num, 0, NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindParameter", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLExecute(handler.hstmt);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLExecute", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
  }
  {
    // Update
    SQLINTEGER id = 0;
    retcode = SQLPrepare(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"update PERSON set num=2, name='hello' where id=?", SQL_NTS);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLPrepare", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLBindParameter(handler.hstmt, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_LONG, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0, &id, 0, NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindParameter", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLExecute(handler.hstmt);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLExecute", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
  }

  {
    // Select
    retcode = SQLPrepare(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"select * from PERSON", SQL_NTS);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLPrepare", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLExecute(handler.hstmt);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLExecute", &handler);
      return -1;
    }

    SQLINTEGER id = 0;
    SQLINTEGER num = 0;
    char name[100] = { 0 };
    retcode = SQLBindCol(handler.hstmt, 1, SQL_INTEGER, &id, sizeof(id), NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindCol", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLBindCol(handler.hstmt, 2, SQL_INTEGER, &num, sizeof(num), NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindCol", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLBindCol(handler.hstmt, 3, SQL_CHAR, name, sizeof(name), NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {  
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindCol", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLFetch(handler.hstmt);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLFetch", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
    printf("id=%d, num=%d, name=%s", id, num, name);
  }

  {
    // Delete
    SQLINTEGER id = 0;
    retcode = SQLPrepare(handler.hstmt, (SQLCHAR*)"delete from PERSON where id=?", SQL_NTS);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLPrepare", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLBindParameter(handler.hstmt, 1, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_LONG, SQL_INTEGER, 0, 0, &id, 0, NULL);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLBindParameter", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    retcode = SQLExecute(handler.hstmt);
    if (!IS_SUCC(retcode)) {
      checkError(retcode, "SQLExecute", &handler);
      return -1;
    }
    SQLFreeStmt(handler.hstmt, SQL_CLOSE);
  }

  // Clean handle
  SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, handler.hstmt);
  SQLDisconnect(handler.hdbc);
  SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, handler.hdbc);
  SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, handler.henv);
  return 0;
}

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