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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.
Connectors
Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
Accessing external databases through LS:DO
Developers are advised not to use LS:DO. Developers should use the Connector LSX for (LCLSX) when accessing external data sources.
Using LS:DO
Once you have set up LS:DO and your script, you are ready to access your external databases. With LS:DO, you can:
Connecting to an external database

HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.
- What's new in HCL Domino Designer 11 for developers?
  The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 11.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Domino® Query Language
  Domino® Query Language (DQL) is a facility running on a Domino server that provides a terse, shorthand syntax for finding documents. It supports a wide variety and complexity of search terms. It leverages existing design elements, avoiding the need to write detailed code to access them. DQL consolidates all methods in Domino for searching document contents.
- Composite Applications - Design and Management
  Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.
- DB2® Access views
  Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:
- Programming Overview and User Interface
  This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
- Formula Language
  This section documents the formula language.
- LotusScript® Language
  Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.
- LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
- Java/CORBA Classes
  This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.
- Connectors
  Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
  - Connectors and Connectivity Guide
  - LSX for Connectors
    LotusScript® Extensions for Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
  - Accessing external databases through LS:DO
    Developers are advised not to use LS:DO. Developers should use the Connector LSX for (LCLSX) when accessing external data sources.
    - Setting up LS:DO
      Setting up LS:DO requires several steps, in which you install any needed software, register your data sources, and then create your script. Review the following sections as you set up LS:DO for your application:
    - Using LS:DO
      Once you have set up LS:DO and your script, you are ready to access your external databases. With LS:DO, you can:
    - Tips and techniques
      This section presents specialized topics concerned with enhancing your LS:DO application:
    - ODBCConnection (LotusScript)
      Represents the ODBC Data Access features for connecting to a data source.
    - ODBCQuery (LotusScript)
      Represents the ODBC data access features for defining an SQL statement.
    - ODBCResultSet (LotusScript)
      Represents the ODBC data access features for performing operations on a result set.
- Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs
  As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.

Connecting to an external database

Create a new ODBCConnection object with "Dim New" or "Set = New." Once the object exists, you can get:

Software revision string with the GetLSDOMasterRevision property
Available data sources with the ListDataSources method

Connect to an external data source with the ConnectTo method of the ODBCConnection object. The external source must be defined in the ODBC Driver Manager at the operating system level. You can test the connection with the IsConnected method.

If the data source requires a user name and a password, you can supply these as arguments to ConnectTo or let the data source prompt the user. You can suppress prompts from the data source by setting the SilentMode property to True, although intermediate software may still prompt.

After you connect to a data source, you can query and update the external tables with the ODBCQuery and ODBCResultSet objects, and can get the following information:

Name of the data source with the DataSourceName property
Names of the tables for the data source with the ListTables method
Names of the fields (columns) in a table with the ListFields method
Names of the stored procedures for the data source with the ListProcedures method
Status of options for the data source with the IsSupported method

When you are done using a data source to which you connected, disconnect from it with the Disconnect method.