Connect To Oracle With A Workflow

Prior to connecting to an Oracle database it is necessary to configure the connection to the server on your local environment. UBIK^® uses OLEDB to connecti to Oracle via TNS (Transparent Network Substrate).

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• Instructions
• Example Workflows

Instructions

1. After the installation of the Oracle client you have to configure the Oracle server in the TNS Names:
   1. Locate the file tnsnames.ora in the directory [ORACLESOFTWARE]\network\admin\
   2. Configure the connection and call it (like in this example TESTDB):

TESTDB=

(DESCRIPTION =
  (ADDRESS_LIST =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host =AUGTESTORACLE.cloudapp.net)(Port = 1521))
  )
(CONNECT_DATA =
  (SERVICE_NAME = UBIKTEST)
)

)

1. Use the [[CreateOLEOracleScope (Activity)}} activity to configure the connection via the arguments:
   • the Oracle database DataSource
   • the InitialCatalog
   • UserName and Password
2. Use the CreateOLETableScope (Activity) activity or a CreateOLEQueryScope (Activity) to define the table you want to fetch data from. Set the tablename in the DisplayName argument.
3. Use a ForEach<DataRow> activity to iterate over the records fetched from the table.
4. A column of the recordset (table) can be accessed by its index.

Example Workflows

Connecting to an Oracle database and fetching data with the CreateOLETableScope activity

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Connecting to oracle DB and reading data with a CreateOLEQueryScope: Example workflow sql statement.uwf