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ODBC Examples

  1. Download IBEBlockScriptSamples.zip from https://www.ibexpert.com/download/other_files/
  2. Copy Demo.mdb and ODBCAcc.ibeblock (found in the Blocks/ODBC Access directory) into a separate directory
  3. Copy ODBCAcc.ibeblock (copy of script below) into the SQL Editor.
  4. You can find the correct connection string for the ODBC driver you are using here: Connection Strings
  5. Modify the path to Demo.mdb.
  6. Press [F9] to execute the block.
execute ibeblock 
returns (CustNo integer, Company varchar(100), Addr1 varchar(100)) 
   as
   begin
   InCust = 3000;
   OdbcCon = ibec_CreateConnection(__ctODBC, 'DBQ=D:\Delphi5\CMP\mODBC\DB\demo.mdb;DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)');
   ibec_UseConnection(OdbcCon);

   execute statement 'select Company from customer where CustNo = 4312' into :MyCust;

   for select CustNo, Company, Addr1 from customer
      where CustNo > :InCust
      order by company
      into :CustNo, :Company, :Addr1
   do
   begin
      suspend;
   end
   ibec_CloseConnection(OdbcCon);
end

Connection Strings offers a huge range of ODBC drivers for all possible databases:

along with the connection strings. For example, if you want to access Excel data:

Please also refer to IBExpert's ODBC Viewer.