# Connecting to QuestDB

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-questdb/73199>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-questdb/73199 "2023-05-03T13:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marcus\_Sysum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/marcus_sysum/32/57944_2.png) [@Marcus\_Sysum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marcus_Sysum)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-questdb/73199/6 "2024-12-03T19:55:27Z")

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Look at this post below for more information why the current tag historian doesn't work with quest even though the postgres driver will connect to it.

> [@Quest Database connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quest-database-connection/78246):
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> Trying to use Quest Database as Historian DB . i am able to build connection using JDBC drive .able to read from preconfigured Table . But , Ignition failed to write to the DB showing below errors when Ignition trying to create Tables for Historian . any advise on that .. Do we need to create special translator for Quest DB ?

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