The odbc_scanner extension allows connecting to other databases (using their ODBC drivers) and run queries with the odbc_query or copy data from DuckDB with the odbc_copy functions. The extension is also available under the alias odbc. current_duckdb_version Installing and Loading On Linux and macOS the extension requires unixODBC driver manager to be installed. See below for installation instructions. The extension can be installed automatically, but needs to be loaded manually with: LOAD odbc; Usage Example -- load extension LOAD odbc; -- open ODBC connection to a remote DB SET VARIABLE conn = odbc_connect('Driver={Oracle driver};DBQ=//127.0.0.1:1521/XE', 'scott', 'tiger'); -- simple query FROM…
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