Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Managing 4GL Applications

> ## Connecting to a non-OpenEdge database

> You can also use the OpenEdge tools to connect to a non-OpenEdge database.

> | To connect to a non-OpenEdge database:

> 1. Create an OpenEdge RDBMS. This database stores the target database’s structure as an OpenEdge schema; it is a schema holder. A schema that corresponds to a non-OpenEdge database is a DataServer schema.

> 2. Connect the schema holder.

> 3. Use the appropriate Create Schema parameter from the Data Dictionary’s database menu to create the DataServer schema in the schema holder. This parameter:

> - Creates a _Db table record (auto-connect entry) for the non-OpenEdge database in the schema holder database.
> - Connects to the non-OpenEdge schema (through a DataServer).
> - Displays the menu so that you can choose the tables that you want to include in the OpenEdge schema.
> 4. Connect the DataServer schema.

> For complete information about connecting and using non-OpenEdge databases, see the OpenEdge DataServer guides ( OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for ODBC or OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for ORACLE ).

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