Evridb

Introduction

EVRIDB Objects provide connection and query capability for many types of databases. For MySQL, ODBC, and JavaDB databases EVRIDB objects work with no special preparations. For other databases a JDBC Driver will be necessary. The object can return a cell array of values (with a mix of datatypes) or a DataSet Object .

This object is not heavily maintained for all database types. For a more extensive set of database tools see The MathWorks Database Toolbox.

Examples of creating and using objects here.

The general workflow of using a EVRIDB object:

• Set connection attributes.
• Test the connection.
• Set query properties.
• Run queries.

Connection Properties

.type	Type of connection (e.g., 'access' 'mysql' mssql') Determines what driver is used. When set, default values will be added to .provider, .driver, and .driver_jar_file where appropriate. Microsoft Windows Connections access - Microsoft Access database. mssql - Microsoft SQL Server. mysql - MySQL database (Windows). dsn - Microsoft database (Data Source Name). JDBC Connections jmysql - MySQL database(JDBC). oracle - Oracle database. derby - Derby (JavaDB) local database. Custom Connections generic - Custom type connection.
.location	Folder containing database file (on local file system).
.create	Depending on type of database, create database is not already.
.persistent	Do not close connection object after creation or query, stored (in appdata 0). When calling multiple times this can help reduce time to return results.
.driver	Driver to be used for connection (these must be currently installed on the machine, use the ODBC Manager from Administrative Tools to view currently available drivers on a Windows machine. JDBC must have driver location in .driver_jar_file.
.driver_jar_file	JDBC driver jar file location. This is added to the dynamic class path in Matlab.
.provider	Only used by ADODB object so this will always be 'MSDASQL'.
.use_authentication	Use user authentication when making connection, must provide .username and .pw.
.username	User to connect as.
.pw	Password to connect as.
.use_encryption	Whether or not to use database encryption (derby).
.encryption_hash	Hash key for encryption.
.server	IP address for database (default location is 'localhost').
.dsn	Data Source Name (set up on local computer using ODBC Manager from Administrative Tools). If the database connection remains static, this can be a simple way to manage the connection. See the "ODBC" topic in Windows help for more information on DSN.
.port	Connection port number.
.arguments.name	Sub structure of additional arguments. This value must be a sting of exactly what is required in the database connection string.
.arguments.value	Sub structure of additional arguments. This value must be a sting of exactly what is required in the database connection string.

Query Properties

.sql_string	Stored SQL statement run if .execute is empty.
.return_type	[{'cell'} 'dso']Specify how to return data, as DSO or Cell array.
.use_column_names	['yes' 'no'] If return type = DSO, try to use column names as variable names in the DSO or the first row if cell output.
.query_watibar	['on' 'off' {'auto'}] Show a waitbar when parsing jdbc record sets, 'auto' is set to show if larger than 1000 records.
.null_as_nan	[{1} 0] Interpret null values in a numeric column as NaN. Set to 0 to help speed up query parsing.

Connection Methods

.getconnection	Get connection object.
.test	Test database connection.
.close	Close database connection
.closeconnection_force	Close connection even if it's persistent.
.shutdown_derby	Try a graceful shutdown of Derby.

Query Methods

.runquery	Run query.
.ms_get_last	Try to get last id from auto-increment ID value.
.get_tables	Get table names from ADO.