Interacting with Databases

It is possible to use JavaScript for Acrobat to interact with Windows databases through an ODBC connection. This means that you can use JavaScript objects to connect to a database, retrieve tables, and execute queries. The object model associated with database interaction is centered on the ADBC object, which provides an interface to the ODBC connection. The ADBC object interacts with other objects to facilitate database connectivity and interaction DataSourceInfo, connection, statement, Column, ColumnInfo, row, and TableInfo. These objects can be used in document-level scripts to execute database queries.

Topics	Description
About ADBC	A brief overview of ADBC as a Windows only interface to ODBC.
Establishing an ADBC connection	Discusses how to made a connection with a database and how to extract data.
Executing SQL statements	Show how to use SQL statements to filter the type of data brought back from the database.

Topics

Description

About ADBC

A brief overview of ADBC as a Windows only interface to ODBC.

Establishing an ADBC connection

Discusses how to made a connection with a database and how to extract data.

Executing SQL statements

Show how to use SQL statements to filter the type of data brought back from the database.