Connecting to FinancialForce

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to FinancialForce and configure any necessary connection properties in a JDBC URL. You can also configure driver capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting to JDBC Data Sources

The CData JDBC Driver for FinancialForce provides full support for integration into Java applications, including Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, and many other Integrated Development Environments, as well as J2EE applications running on a Java server such as Tomcat. You can find JSP, console, and swing demos in the installation folder.

Java Version Support

To deploy the driver JAR file, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or higher installed on your system.

FinancialForce Version Support

The driver requires the Web Services API. The Web Services API is supported natively by FinancialForce Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer editions. The Web Services API may be enabled on Professional Edition at an additional cost by contacting FinancialForce. The driver defaults to version 40.0 of the FinancialForce API. Later or earlier versions can be specified in the APIVersion property.

See Also

• Create Connection Objects

  See Connecting from Code to create JDBC Connection objects.

• Query Data from Code

  See Executing Statements and Using Prepared Statements to execute SQL statements to FinancialForce tables.

• Connect from Java-Based Tools

  See Using from Tools shows how to connect to FinancialForce and query data from several popular database tools.