Connecting to a Cache (InterSystems) Database using Java

Question

I'm currently creating an android application and need to connect to a InterSystems cache (ODBC) database, this is the first time I have developed for android and have never connected to a database in java in the past, any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

For Android development, I would highly recommend to use web services or Rest instead of ODBC. But there is a standard JDBC Java documentation (not sure if it will work in Android at all though):

http://docs.intersystems.com/cache20131/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=ITECHREF_jdbc

You can also have a look at newer Zen Mobile framework designed specially for iOS/Android Cache development, ask for a copy in WRC

Answer 2

Do you really think it's a good idea to connect to the DB right from the user app? Accessing directly from user app to the DB is usually bad for you. I don't say "don't do it". Caché allows you to grant privileges to individual tables in SMP. (But you can't let the user to only access some records of a table.)

I know InterSystems Ensemble can communicate using SOAP, I am not sure about just Caché and REST, you would have to do a research of your own. However, I think it's a better idea than accessing the DB directly from the client. You could also cause problems with database's integrity by doing so.