Query data from an external database
Use the RuntimePublic.Db API to query data from an external database following this pattern:
- Retrieve a
DatabaseProviderfrom theDatabaseAccessinstance. - Use the provider to create a transaction.
- Use the transaction to create a
Command. - Use the
Commandto create command parameters. - Execute the
Command. - Retrieve the
Commandresults.
Example
In the following example there's a connection called Oracle DB Connection accessing an external database. You define the connection in the environment management console (Service Center).
The code below gets the records of people with less than 20 years old from the PERSON table in an external Oracle database using the previously obtained connection.
C# code sample
using OutSystems.RuntimePublic.Db;
// [...]
// Retrieve the DatabaseProvider for the external database.
// You need to have a Database Connection called "Oracle DB Connection" configured
// in Service Center.
DatabaseProvider dbaProvider = DatabaseAccess.ForExternalDatabase("Oracle DB Connection");
// We will use a separate transaction to execute the query
// A committable transaction can be committed and rolled back explicitly
using (CommittableTransaction commitableTransaction = dbaProvider.GetCommittableTransaction()) {
using (Command cmd = commitableTransaction.CreateCommand("SELECT AGE FROM PERSON WHERE AGE < 20")) {
// Results are read using a standard IDataReader object
using (IDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()) {
while (reader.Read()) {
Console.WriteLine(reader.GetInt32(0));
}
}
}
}