# Loading data from databases

Data from commercial database systems is loaded into QlikView via the Microsoft OLE DB/ ODBC interface. To do so, you must install a driver to support your DBMS and you must configure the database as ODBC data source.

When this is done, you can set up a connection to the database in the Edit Script dialog by clicking the Connect button. This generates a Connect statement in the script.

After that, you define the fields and tables to be loaded in a Select statement. To create this statement, click the Select button.

[Create Select Statement](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/May2024/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Create_Select_Statement.htm)

## Learn more

* [Loading data from files](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/May2024/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/Loading_data_from_files.htm)
* [OLE DB and ODBC](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/May2024/Subsystems/Client/Content/QV_QlikView/OLEDB_ODBC.htm)