Connect Using the SAP HANA ODBC Driver
January 28, 2021
Beginner
15 min.
Connect to SAP HANA using an ODBC data source.
You will learn
- How to create and test an SAP HANA ODBC data source
- How to use an ODBC data source in an application
Prerequisites
- You have completed the first 3 tutorials in this mission.
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) provides an API for accessing databases. Database vendors provide ODBC drivers for their database products. An application written to the ODBC standard can be ported to other databases that also provide an ODBC interface.
Step 1: Configure a data source using Microsoft Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator
Step 2: Configure a data source on Linux or Mac with unixODBC
Step 3: Use a SAP HANA data source from another program