Using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator

You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to edit the DSN configuration. Note that the DSN is created during the installation process.

Complete the following steps to edit the DSN configuration:

1. Select Start > Search, and enter ODBC Data Sources in the Search box.
2. Choose the version of the ODBC Administrator that corresponds to the bitness of your application (32-bit or 64-bit).
3. Click the System DSN tab.
4. Select the system data source and click Configure.
5. Edit the information on the Connection tab and click OK.

Note: For .NET Framework 4.0, the driver distributes Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable. For .NET Framework 3.5, the driver distributes Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable.

Before You Connect

Before you can connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage, you need to register a IBM Cloud Object Storage instance, then find and note your IBM Cloud Object Storage API Key and CRN.

Register a New Instance of Cloud Object Storage

If you do not already have Cloud Object Storage in your IBM Cloud account, you can follow the procedure below to install an instance of SQL Query in your account:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.
2. Navigate to the Cloud Object Storage page, choose a name for your instance and click Create. You will be redirected to the instance of Cloud Object Storage you just created.

API Key

You can obtain your ApiKey as follows:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.
2. Navigate to the Platform API Keys page.
3. On the middle-right corner, click Create an IBM Cloud API Key to create a new API Key.
4. In the pop-up window, specify the API Key name and click Create. Note the API Key as you can never access it again from the dashboard.

Cloud Object Storage CRN

By default, the driver will attempt to automatically determine a Cloud Object Storage CRN. However, if you have multiple accounts, you will need to specify the CloudObjectStorageCRN explicitly. You can obtain this value in one of two ways:

• Query the Services view. This will list your IBM Cloud Object Storage instances along with the CRN for each.
• Locate the CRN directly in IBM Cloud. To do so, navigate to your IBM Cloud Dashboard. In the Resource List, under Storage, select your Cloud Object Storage resource to get its CRN.

Connecting to IBM Cloud Object Storage

You can now set the following to connect to data:

• ApiKey: Set this to your API key which was noted during setup.
• CloudObjectStorageCRN (Optional): Set this to your noted cloud object storage CRN. While the driver attempts to retrieve this automatically, specifying this explicitly is recommended if you have more than one Cloud Object Storage account.

When you connect, the driver completes the OAuth process.