Can I use a JDBC connection as a datasource

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Trying to use Metabase with Pervasive SQL from Actian. I have a JDBC driver which I use to connect my current SQL client (Aqua Data Studio). Any chance I could use a similar setup with Metabase?

Example:
URL: jdbc:pervasive://10.x.x.x/GLOBALPLA
Driver: com.pervasive.jdbc.v2.Driver
Driver Location: /Users/Kevin/java/PSQL-SDK-JDBC-10.10.126.000-Linux-i486/bin/pvjdbc2.jar;/Users/Kevin/java/PSQL-SDK-JDBC-10.10.126.000-Linux-i486/bin/pvjdbc2x.jar;/Users/Kevin/java/PSQL-SDK-JDBC-10.10.126.000-Linux-i486/bin/jpscs.jar

I am giving Metabase a whirl on my Mac :smile:

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Afraid not. Each SQL dialect has slightly different edge cases that we have to account for, and often a slightly different type system. It’s less the driver, and more everything we need to build around it for our metadata model + gui builder to function.

We have a list of databases we’re building connectors for at https://github.com/metabase/metabase/labels/Database%20Support

If you’re able and willing to help, https://github.com/metabase/metabase/wiki/Writing-A-Driver describes the process.

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Would this be something that I could pay you guys to do for us?