I have a local MySQL Database which stores all the details for my Point of Sale software - Unicenta oPOS. I am able to connect to the database just fine with Unicenta and with my website software.
I am trying to use a piece of software called Aulux Barcode Label Maker 7 to create labels for my products. I cannot seem to get this software to connect to my database. Has anyone done anything similar? Or have any tips that might work?
See attached some screenshots of my Unicenta config which does work and the Aulux which does not. Note that I have tried all different combinations of the host name used in Unicenta, but doesn't seem to matter how I format it...
Unicenta works fine...
Option chosen for Aulux
Fails to connect. I have tried adding port and such...
Thanks for your time!
I had issues myself with this but figured out a way to make it work, hopefully it helps someone else too.
First you need to download the correct MySQL ODBC connector for your system.
Once that is done set it up by typing in "Data Sources (ODBC)" in the windows search.
Add the MySQL ODBC Unicode Driver, along with the name e.g. MySQL, IP Server, User, Password & database.
Once that's done you can go into Aulux Barcode Maker and go to Data Table -> Database
Select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers -> Next
Select your newly created connection e.g. MySQL (Or whatever you named it)
Put in the MySQL username and password but leave the following field blank (catalog to use)
That's it, your done. Hope it helps ;)
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I have connected to my work database via DBeaver. Recently colleague told me about a procedure that lets me check newly added entities through our front-end.
And I can't find it in the list of procedures, nor using this query:
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS WHERE Name LIKE '%name%'
I have the same connection settings as my colleague's, same user, etc, but he uses DbForge and I use DBeaver, cause at some point of time DbForge began having too much restrictions for free version (I wasn't simply able to execute queries), and the older version my colleague gave me didn't install in Windows 11.
So, I'm thinking may be there's some settings in the DBeaver that hide certain stored procedures, or I need to adjust connection settings.
Does anyone has clue on this?
Or may be someone could suggest some alternative to DbForge, which allows to execute queries in the free version and to set colors to connections (I find that thing convenient), and possibly doesn't have this problem, may be because of being more MySQl-oriented.
Thanks in advance!
I've tried to open connection settings and check out the additional parameters there, but can't seem to notice anything relevant.
Ok, seems like there was misunderstanding between me and my colleague, and he actually meant some another DB Server, but with same User/Password combination. Thanks for the comments, that also helped in finding the cause. I really did install MySQL Workbench, saw the same picture in there, and started wondering what else it could be and reading our communication again.
My mistake) The question is no longer actual.
I am in charge for migrating old Access 2007 project to MS SQL server 2008 Express. The first stage is to move all the data from MS Access database to SQL server while keeping the Access forms and reports at the client.
So, the data are now moved, an SQL server user (for accessing only that particular database) created, and the tables are linked the Access database via ODBC connection. However, there's one nuisance that should be somehow solved: the Access regularly asks for the user password, when opening the Access database.
The users on server PC and client PC both log onto their local machines, ie their users are not verified on independent domain server.
I see there are several ways how to solve this:
1) Configure the integrated security model so that the user can log on, being automatically authorized by his Windows login (ie, use "trusted connection"). I am not sure how this could be done, given that the server PC does not recognize the user from client PC. If I try to do this now, I get error that the user is connecting from untrusted domain.
2) Store the SQL server user password at client side. I am not sure this is possible, though. I am aware keeping password in some config file, or stored obfuscated in application configuration should be considered lowering security, but this is acceptable for the given setup.
3) Perhaps some other way how to link the SQL server tables into Access?
The best solution is obviously to use Windows security.
If that is not suitable, here is a possible alternative trick, exploiting the fact that Access remembers all opened connections until the program is closed:
copy the connect string of one of your tables
create a passthru queries "ptqConnect" and enter any fast SQL statement in it, like SELECT 1
paste the connect string of into the PTQ Connect property, and make sure you add the PWD=something; in it.
in the startup procedure of your app make sure you call that PTQ. Something like DCount("*", "ptqConnect") will do.
That's it. Since Access remembers opened connections until you close it, even if you close the db, your other tables will now open without any fuss, even if no password is stored in the linked tables Connect string.
If you don't want to expose the connection string that includes the PWD, you could as well initiate a connection from VBA and hide the code by delivering a MDE or just password protecting the code.
You can find an explanation of this behaviour here.
Inform the users your organization's security policy prohibits storing passwords. Therefore they must provide their password each time they open the database. Explain that this policy will deny an unauthorized user the ability to open the database from an authorized user's machine. If the password were stored in any fashion, a miscreant could simply sit down at an unattended machine and open the database.
Since you can't use a trusted connection, this is the safest way to do it. Yes, the users will have to supply their password each time they open the database, but that's what it takes to keep the data safe.
Edit: Since your option #2 is acceptable, you can just store the uid and pwd in the connection strings for the ODBC-linked tables.
Here is an example copied from connectionstrings.com
Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};
Server=myServerAddress;
Database=myDataBase;
Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
I split the single line string for browser display. You'll need to also identify which table each of the links points to; examine your current link connection strings to see how that is done.
The uid and pwd will be plain text, and visible to anyone who can view the connection properties. But I didn't see any indication those are concerns for you.
I have had this issue, with Access 2010, linking to SQL Azure, but it was very simple. When linking the tables, there is an tick box option with each table to save the password.
Relinking your tables and checking this option would sort the issue. It does give you warnings that this may not be secure, but not all databases contain confidential data.
Just ran into this problem connecting remotely to my workplace sql server using Access. I have Access 2013, but I don't think it has made any changes to something so basic as as ODBC connection from 2010. Since it is not a trusted connection, yes, you will have to log into the server each time you connect to the database. This is just basic security; can't think why you would ever want an app to just connect from an untrusted network unchallenged. So, I expect to have to log in when opening the database.
What was driving me crazy, however, was that each and every time I tried to open a table, I was asked for the password, and not just once, but twice, and I have to use a 13 character password that was randomly generated at creation! So, needless to say, that was completely unacceptable.
Access keeps the connection information in the sys table MSysOBjects, but I doesn't store the password, at least not there. I use an access DB stored on a cloud server synced with my desktops so I can open a local copy rather than having to remote in to my work desktop. It's much faster this way.
But, using the db in Access as a local file means that I have keep a close eye on the DSN connection names. As long as they are absolutely identical on all computers, it works great. So, if named my DSN "ProductsDBIII" when I created it at work in the ODBC32 Windows tool, then I need to use that same name when creating it at home. The actual connection string will be different, but Access doesn't care about that. However, here's the trick: when I first the DB from home, for instance, after a day at work, then I have to refresh the connections in Access's Linked Table Manager. Just check the tables/views you need, or "Check All", and go. Access will make the connection--probably prompting you for the log in--and then quickly refresh the "connect" string field in the MSysObjects table because they will be different, at least if switching from trusted access.
Voila, no more single or double challenges every frickin' time I open a table. I will get asked once when I first make a connection the first time I open a table from the remote DB, but that's it.
Hope this helps someone.
Jim
Re the use of Passthrough QAuery to set ODBC connection.
The form quoted as the startup form in the Database options will fire BEFORE autoexec.
So that form cannot/should not quote linked tables,
or
Leave that none; and set the form in autoexec.
Otherwise you will still be prompted for pwd for the ODBC connection
A typical problem scenario is using a Switchboard form with the table in the linked database
We would like to be able to publish Filemaker data on our Wordpress website. The website is up and running and the filemaker database is set up. We do not need a live connection between both systems so we chose to export the FM data to .csv so we can import it to the mysql database on the server and from there we would like to display in on the website.
Now are my questions, since this kind of development is new to us:
can I setup an automated import to the mysql database from a source like dropbox or something? For example can we make the mysql database import and overwrite the existing database each 24 hours from a .csv file located somewhere? We need this automated overwrite option because the FM data changes often and we need up to date info on the website)
How can we display the data from the mysql database on the WP frontend?
I've been looking into this myself and couldn't find any clear answers or guides. Can you guys point me in the right direction?
(btw, I know there are table plugins I can use for WP but they do not fulfill our needs, and I think it's exciting to do it all by ourself with help from this great community)
Update 01
I've successfully connected FM with my MySQL db using ODBC and can now select tables from the MySQL db in FM's relational graph.
I was wondering how I can write the data from my existing FM file to the MySQL db using ODBC, can anybody help me on this?
I would like to display the data in some MySQL tables so I can fetch them using php on my website.
Thanks!
It is possible to write directly into (and read from) a remote MySQL database from FileMaker via ODBC.
You need an MySQL account which allows remote access. There are providers where this is not allowed.
On the local box the odbc driver needs to be installed. On Win you can use the open source version (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/), on Mac it works better with the Actual Tech (http://www.actualtech.com/de/product_opensourcedatabases.php) drivers.
An odbc system dsn (not user dsn) is set up. Be sure to use the 32-bit odbc manager on Win.
Now you can create the external data source within FileMaker and read and write into MySQL tables.
Once you have made the connection to the MySQL database, and you can see the shadow tables, you can write to the fields directly via Filemaker layouts. It's as simple as that.
Once the layout contains the fields from the MySQL database you can move through records, find stuff all as if the data were native in your FM database. Of course, for more automated processing, you can create scripts, relationships etc and manipulate/synchronise data. Be warned though, the connection speed can limit complex relationships and large databases. I would advise 'baby steps'.
Recently I started to use Linux (Ubuntu 9.10) instead of windows. I am working on a java web application with Spring, MYSQL with jpa. However, before to install linux I made a backup file from the database, then installed linux, installed the MYSQL Query Browser and Administrator tools, and using the Admin tool restored the backup file, then got all the tables and made a simple select statement from one of the tables and got result normally and everything seems to work just fine.
There a USER table, and there's a namedQuery defined to get a user by userName, the problem is that when I pass a correct userName I still get nothing!
I really don't know what is the problem! The application was working perfectly under windows!
Please, can anyone help me to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance.
The first thing that comes to mind is that MySQL table names are case sensitive on Linux but not on Windows. i.e. this might have worked on Windows:
SELECT ... FROM User ...
but on Linux you need to use the correct case for the table name:
SELECT ... FROM USER ...
but without more information it's really difficult to tell.
There are some settings that have different defaults under Windows and Linux, case sensitivity of table names etc. being one of them. It could be that a non-specified setting defaulted to one value on windows, but another under linux.
You're all right, and for my case I found out why wasn't I able to login passing the userName!
The problem is that when I restore schema from the backup file, all the tables are being created with lower case names, for example, the USER table would be user, then..
When I boot up tomcat, JPA creates automatically all the #Entity, therefore it creates a User tables for the #Entity User, the result is that I have two tables for USER, a user table which has all the data, and an empty User table, and this is the one that is used by the application! That's why I was not able to retrieve any data because actually there's no data to retrieve from the table.
A workaround to solve this problem I modified the backup file renaming all the tables as expected by JPA to avoid creating them again when booting up the application.
I really don't know if there's a better solution, but it worked like this for me.
Finally, thank you very much for your help.
I want to create an application for my friends ,Its like a slam book
I want like this
in nameditbox when i entered name it has to fetch data from database and have to display in respected fields
example : nick name editboz :nick
number:1111
2.moreover i want to add to database new entry from my application by clicking add button
is it possible to edit already existed friends name details ?
I never worked with mysql (even i dont know much ), and i never worked in delphi in accordance with mysql ,not normal dlephi though .
is there any already done project ?if yes please link me i want to learn
hope some one can help me in this
thanks in advance
I have to say I haven't tried this with MySQL, however hope this helps.
For part 1 of your question:
I suggest the easiest way is to use the free MySQL ODBC driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/5.1.html
Delphi supports connecting using ODBC (Open Database Connectivity). Essentially, Delphi doesn't know about any of the particular features of the MySQL database, but knows about a smaller set of features common across the majority databases.
If you can get this ODBC driver to connect to MySQL, then you will be able to look at all of the good examples on the Internet and in the supplied Delphi help files showing you how to:
Create an ODBC data source in Windows ODBC Manager.
Open a TDatabase connection to the MySQL ODBC data source
Connect a TTable to a TDatabase
Connect a TDataSource to a TTable
Connect a TDBEdit to a TDataSource
You will need to learn yourself how to connect these to a particular table in your MySQL database.
Connecting these components together like this should give you a working example for what you are trying.
You should find lots of good tutorials showing you how to connect to an ODBC database on the Internet.
For part 2 of your question:
Once you have done part 1, reaching part 2 is a small step from there.
Connect a TDBNavigator to the TDataSource.
This will enable you to navigate the table of data and will enable an add/edit/delete feature for the table allowing a new row, deletion of a row and editing of a row.
Best of luck with this.