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title: "SQL Connectors"
slug: "sql-connectors"
status: "update"
updated: 2025-09-26T21:14:52Z
published: 2025-09-26T21:14:52Z
canonical: "support.tulip.co/sql-connectors"
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# SQL Connectors

*Use this guide to learn how to bring SQL databases into Tulip*

**In this article, you will learn:**
* **How to set up a SQL connector**
* **Connection Timeout Context**

If you want to connect an external database to Tulip, you will need to use a SQL connector.

## Set up a SQL connector

First, follow the steps in [Connectors](/r230/docs/connectors) to create your connector — name it, choose a host, and select the connector type.  Once that’s done, you can set up the connection details.

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### 1. Choose your database type  
Tulip supports:  
- Microsoft SQL Server  
- MySQL  
- Oracle DB  
- PostgreSQL  

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### 2. Enter your server details  
- **Server address:** The IP or hostname where your database is hosted.  
- **Server port:** The port your database listens on (e.g., MySQL: 3306, PostgreSQL: 5432, SQL Server: 1433).  
- **SSL:** Turn on if you want to encrypt the connection (may require extra settings like SSL mode or certificates).  

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### 3. Enter authentication details

#### For MySQL, Oracle DB, and PostgreSQL
- **Username:** Database account name with the right permissions.  
- **Password:** The password for that account.  
- **Database name:** The specific database you want to connect to.

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#### For Microsoft SQL server
You can log in with **username & password** or **Entra (Azure AD) Service Principal Secret**.  
Note: Entra authentication will soon be required.

Along with your database name, you’ll need:  

- **Client ID:** Given when you register an app in Entra ID (found in the *Authentication* tab).  
- **Client Secret:** The “password” for your client ID (found in the *Certificates & Secrets* tab).  
- **Directory (Tenant) ID:** Your organization’s unique Azure AD ID (found in the *Authentication* tab).  
- **Database name:** The database you want to connect to on the server.  

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## Connectivity details
### Connectivity mechanism
Tulip connects to databases using database vendor-specific drivers provided by our runtime environment, rather than ODBC nor JDBC.

### Connector timeout / error closes connection

**For connector limits, see [here](/r230/docs/connector-limits).**

When a SQL connector function times out or errors (e.g. connection failure, error code returned from the database of which the Connector is configured), the connector host automatically closes the connection.

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