Can iDBQuery query several different sources at the same time?

Yes. iDBQuery federates several sources into one live model and answers a single plain-language question across all of them at once — joining a database, a spreadsheet, a PDF and a REST API in the same query. You don't move or copy anything; sources are queried in place.

Querying many sources together is the heart of iDBQuery. Rather than treating each database or file separately, it federates them into one live queryable model so a single question can draw on all of them.

  • True cross-source questions — ask something that needs a MySQL table, a Postgres table, an Excel file and a PDF, and iDBQuery resolves it in one answer.
  • No central warehouse — sources stay where they are and are queried in place; nothing is bulk-copied into a separate store.
  • Consistent citations — even when an answer combines four sources, every number traces back to the exact row, cell, page or record it came from.
  • Semantic alignment — the semantic layer reconciles different names for the same concept across sources, so joins make sense.

This is what makes iDBQuery genuinely different from connecting to one database at a time. Reconciling figures between two systems, blending budget spreadsheets with live operational data, or enriching database records with API data all become single questions. You add each source once, and from then on every question can reach across the whole set without any manual pipeline work.

Updated 2026-06-22