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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to PostgreSQL Connector
  3. Connections for PostgreSQL
  4. Mappings and mapping tasks with PostgreSQL Connector
  5. PostgreSQL objects in mapping tasks
  6. Lookup transformation
  7. SQL transformation
  8. Migrating a mapping
  9. PostgreSQL SQL ELT optimization
  10. Data type reference

PostgreSQL Connector

PostgreSQL Connector

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Create an ODBC connection

Create an ODBC connection

You must create an ODBC connection to connect to PostgreSQL after you configure the ODBC connection.
Perform the following steps to create a PostgreSQL ODBC connection on the
Connections
 page:
  1. In Administrator, click
    Connections
    .
    The Connections page appears.
  2. Click
    New Connection
    .
    The
    New Connection
     page appears.
  3. Configure the following connection details in the
    Connection Details
     section:
    Property
    Description
    Connection Name
    Name of the ODBC connection. For example, psql_odbc.
    Description
    Description of the connection.
    Type
    Type of the connection.
    Select the type of the connection as
    ODBC
    .
  4. Configure the following connection details in the
    ODBC Connection Properties
     section:
    Property
    Description
    Runtime Environment
    Runtime environment that contains the Secure Agent you can use to access the system.
    User Name
    Username to log in to the PostgreSQL database.
    Password
    Password to log in to the PostgreSQL database.
    Data Source Name
    Enter the name of the ODBC data source name that you created for the PostgreSQL database.
    Schema
    Name of the PostgreSQL schema.
    Code Page
    The code page of the database server or flat file defined in the connection.
    ODBC Subtype
    Enter the value of the
    ODBC Subtype
     field as
    PostgreSQL
    .
    Driver Manager for Linux
    The driver that the PostgreSQL ODBC driver manager sends database calls to.
The PostgreSQL ODBC connection is created successfully.
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