SQL Driver for StackExchange StackExchange is online collaboration software. Most popular variant is StackOverflow which is used by millions of software developers globally. The StackExchange driver covers 21 tables and 718 columns. ## StackExchange API Clients Invantive SQL is available on many user interfaces ("clients" in traditional server-client paradigma). All Invantive SQL statements can be exchanged with a close to 100% compatibility across all clients and operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android). The clients include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Power Query, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook. Web-based clients include Invantive Cloud, Invantive Bridge Online as OData proxy, Invantive App Online for interactive apps, Online SQL Editor for query execution and Invantive Data Access Point as extended proxy. For technical users there are command-line editions of Invantive Data Hub running on iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS and Linux. Invantive Data Hub is also often used for enterprise server applications such as ETL. High-volume replication of data taken from the StackExchange API into traditional databases such as SQL Server (on-premise and Azure), MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle is possible using ## Monitor API Calls When a query or DML-statement has been executed on Invantive SQL a developer can evaluate the actual calls made to the StackExchange API using a query on sessionios@DataDictionary. As an alternative, extensive request and response logging can be enabled by setting log-native-calls-to-disk to true. In the %USERPROFILE%\Invantive\NativeLog folder Invantive SQL will create log files per API request and response. ## Specifications The SQL driver for StackExchange supports partitioning: data from multiple companies are all listed together in one table. The value of the column indicates which company the data belongs to. An introduction into the concepts of Invantive SQL such as databases, data containers and partitioning can be found in the The configuration can be changed using various attributes during log on and use. A full list of configuration options is listed in the The catalog name is used to compose the full qualified name of an object like a table or view. The schema name is used to compose the full qualified name of an object like a table or view. On StackExchange the comparison of two texts is case sensitive by default. Changes and bug fixes on the StackExchange SQL driver can be found in the The driver has the following properties: - Driver code for use in settings.xml: ``StackExchange`` - Alias: ``StackExchange`` - Recommended alias: ``sx`` Partition Label: The driver has the following properties: - More technical documentation as provided by the supplier of the StackExchange API on the native APIconnection used can be found at . General documentation on StackExchange is available at Updated: 15-06-2022 22:37 using Invantive SQL version 22.1.46-BETA+3385. 15-06-2022 22:37 Version 22.1.46-BETA+3385 ## Objects Per object category a list is available: - [[Tables]] - [[Procedures]]