External Database Connector

Content Type: Module

Categories: Connectors

Overview

The External Database connector can be used to seamlessly connect to external databases Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and Snowflake enabling you to incorporate your external data directly in your Mendix application.

From Studio-pro 10.19 onwards, External Database Connector supports connecting wide range of JDBC supported databases by specifying the Java dependency for the respective database in the module settings.

This module enables to use Activity "Query External database" from the toolbox.

This module works in combination with new document type "External Database Connection".

Documentation

Please see External Database Connector in the Mendix documentation for details.

Releases

Version: 6.2.0

Framework Version: 11.4.0

Release Notes:

* Upgraded Bouncy Castle libraries (bcprov-jdk18on and bcpkix-jdk18on) to 1.81.

Version: 6.1.0

Framework Version: 11.3.0

Release Notes: * The External Database connector now supports dynamic queries, allowing users to modify their queries at runtime using expressions.

Version: 6.0.0

Framework Version: 11.0.0

Release Notes: * Added support for `Ref Cursors` on databases that allow this feature. * Fixed CVE-2025-8916 by upgrading Bouncy Castle libraries (bcprov-jdk18on and bcpkix-jdk18on) to 1.79.

Version: 5.3.3

Framework Version: 10.24.0

Release Notes:

* Upgraded Bouncy Castle libraries (bcprov-jdk18on and bcpkix-jdk18on) to 1.81.

Version: 5.3.2

Framework Version: 10.24.0

Release Notes:

* Fixed CVE-2025-8916 by upgrading Bouncy Castle libraries (bcprov-jdk18on and bcpkix-jdk18on) to 1.79.

Version: 5.3.1

Framework Version: 10.23.0

Release Notes: * Fixed CVE-2025-27496: Upgraded Snowflake to 3.24.2 * Upgraded GSON to 2.13.1

Version: 5.3.0

Framework Version: 10.23.0

Release Notes: External Database Connector now supports executing anonymous blocks on databases that allow this feature

Version: 5.2.0

Framework Version: 10.22.0

Release Notes: External Database Connector has improved SQL parsing to correctly ignore parameters inside comments

Version: 5.1.2

Framework Version: 10.21.0

Release Notes: - Updated the module to Studio-Pro version 10.21.0.

Version: 5.1.1

Framework Version: 10.20.0

Release Notes: - External Database Connector now supports saving SQL Queries without running query, which helps user switch between queries without completing the workflow. - During design time, the External Database Connector now handles cases where the database implementation does not support auto-commit or rollback.