# MS SQL Server

Through the MS SQL Server (opens new window) connector, Ontop is able to construct VKGs on SQL Server databases.

# Limitations & Exceptions

RegEx SPARQL functions are not supported.
The position argument for the Flatten Lens cannot be used with SQLServer.
Support for DATETRUNC in SQL Server is very recent (introduced in SQL Server 2022)

# Database Connection

The following shows the content of a sample .properties file that can be used to connect Ontop to SQLServer:

jdbc.url = jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=defaultdatabase
jdbc.user = user
jdbc.password = password
jdbc.driver = com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver

# Nested Type Support

Nested data types are not supported by SQLServer. However, Ontop allows the usage of the flatten lens over string columns that contain JSON-encoded arrays. The output type of the flattened result column cannot be inferred.

WARNING

The position argument for flatten lenses cannot be used with SQLServer.

In case the flattened column is still a nested structure after the flatten operation is performed (e.g. for arrays of objects), SQLServer's JSON functions (opens new window) can be used to further work with them.

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