GoogleSheets ODBC Driver for RAD Studio Connection

Accessing the GoogleSheets database can be fast and seamless by using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) solution. Providing full interoperability, the ODBC driver for GoogleSheets allows you to access live GoogleSheets data directly from RAD Studio. It enables you to retrieve data to RAD Studio, and review and modify these data right in this application.

GoogleSheets Key Features

Customization and flexibility
Forecasting and analytics
Files sync and share
Sales automation

RAD Studio Key Features

Cross-platform development
Live data preview
Integrated Debugger
Code editor with code completion

Direct Connection

Our data connector enables various ODBC-aware applications to establish a direct connection to GoogleSheets via TCP/IP to eliminate the need for a GoogleSheets client. A direct connection increases the speed of data transmission between RAD Studio and GoogleSheets for real-time analytics. It streamlines the deployment process since there is no need to distribute any additional client-side software with the ODBC driver for GoogleSheets.

What are some reasons to choose Devart ODBC Driver for GoogleSheets?

Integration

ODBC Driver for GoogleSheets is compatible with RAD Studio allowing extraction of data by executing SQL statements.

Platforms Variety

ODBC Driver for GoogleSheets can be used with 32-bit and 64-bit applications on both x32 and x64 platforms, so there is no need to additionally configure the driver, applications, or environment.

Fully Unicode-Compliant Driver

With our fully Unicode-compliant driver, you can properly retrieve and modify any data in multilingual GoogleSheets databases, regardless of their character set: Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Chinese, etc., and in any language environment.

How to download, install, and configure ODBC Driver for GoogleSheets?

Windows

Step 1. Download and install the driver

Download the driver. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the wizard. Open ODBC Data Sources. In the System DSN tab, click Add. Select the needed driver and click Finish.

Step 2. Activate the driver

In the License tab of the Configuration dialog, click Input Activation Key and enter your key. Click OK.

Step 3. Configure the Data Source Name (DSN)

In the General tab of the Configuration dialog, fill in the fields with the database connection data. To test the connectivity, click Test Connection. To save the DSN, click OK.

Advantages of Connectivity to GoogleSheets from RAD Studio via ODBC Driver

Secure Connection

Every operation with GoogleSheets becomes significantly faster using such capabilities of our driver as local data caching, connection pooling, and much more.

Working with RAD Studio using Multiple Functions

Using RAD Studio, you can create tables, add data, select, delete, sort, edit, combine data from several database tables, and find unique values quickly and easily.

ODBC Conformance

The driver fully supports the ODBC interface, its data types, and functions. It offers advanced connection string parameters and allows any ODBC-compliant desktop or web application to connect to GoogleSheets from RAD Studio on various platforms.

Simple SQL Querying on RAD Studio Files

RAD Studio processes SQL through its SQL dialect. Using ODBC connection, it is simple to execute different SQL queries to retrieve entire tables or specific columns from Excel, filter data, format data, numbers, etc.

Cost-Effective Deployment

Installing the driver is easy with the standalone installation file. There is no need in deploying and configuring any additional software which results in a reduction in deployment costs.

Sharing Your Data with RAD Studio

You can share your data with other users in RAD Studio quickly and easily. Upload your RAD Studio data to the SharePoint lists so that it can be available for you and others to use to create reports, data models, dashboards, etc.