@teqed/interact-ibmi/build/util/odbc/odbc-util.js

Menus for interacting with IBMi AS400 using node-odbc.

/* This is the module for making ODBC database connections to the IBMi AS400.
It has prepared statements as well as allowing custom statements from user input. */
import odbc from 'odbc';
export const getvalues = (query) => {
    // Iterate over the results.
    query.forEach(row => {
        // Iterate over the columns in the row.
        query.columns.forEach(column => {
            // Print the column name and value.
            console.log(`${column.name}: ${row[column.name]}`);
        });
    });
};
let connection;
// This accepts a username and password and logs into an IBM i system using ODBC.
export const odbcLogin = async (loginId, loginPw, system = `PUB400.COM`) => {
    const connectionString = `
DRIVER=IBM i Access ODBC Driver;SYSTEM='${system}';UID=${loginId};PWD=${loginPw};`;
    connection = await odbc.connect(connectionString);
    return connection;
};
// queryOdbc is a function that takes a query and returns a promise that resolves to the result of the query.
// It does not show the result of the query to the user.
export const queryOdbc = async (statement) => connection.query(statement);