Step 0: Install the ODBC driver
- Download and install the iODBC driver manager. The next step will fail if this isn't installed first.
- Download and install the ODBC driver.
Step 1: Set up ODBC driver
See these instructions. My ODBC configuration (~/.odbc.ini) looks like:
[ODBC Data Sources] mysql = MySQL ODBC 5.3 ANSI Driver [ODBC] Trace = 0 TraceAutoStop = 0 TraceFile = TraceLibrary = [mysql] Driver = /usr/local/lib/libmyodbc5a.so Description = desc here SERVER = localhost PORT = 3306 USER = root PASSWORD = passwordhere DATABASE = databasehere
Make sure your driver location is correct. It could also be something like /usr/local/mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.7-macos10.12-x86-64bit/lib/libmyodbc5a.so.
Step 2: Make a ODBC call from Stata
For example:
clear
set odbcdriver ansi
odbc list
// Option 1
odbc load, table("tablename") dsn("mysql") clear noquote
// Option 2
odbc load, exec("select * from tablename") dsn("mysql") clear noquoteUsing a plugin is another option, but I haven't tried this.
Update: Loading in SQL from an external file
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| /* | |
| Copyright 2017 Max Masnick | |
| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
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| */ | |
| cap drop program loadsql | |
| program define loadsql | |
| syntax using, dsn(string) | |
| file open myfile `using', read | |
| file read myfile line | |
| local sql "`line'" | |
| while r(eof) == 0 { | |
| file read myfile line | |
| local line=regexr(`"`line'"', "--.*", "") | |
| local sql "`sql' `line'" | |
| } | |
| file close myfile | |
| clear | |
| set odbcdriver ansi | |
| qui odbc list | |
| odbc load, exec(`"`sql'"') dsn("`dsn'") clear noquote | |
| end |
This allows you to do something like:
cd "/path/to/your/folder" clear loadsql using your-sql.sql, dsn(mysql)
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