Connecting to Snowflake

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Snowflake and configure any necessary connection properties in a JDBC URL. You can also configure driver capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting to JDBC Data Sources

The CData JDBC Driver for Snowflake provides full support for integration into Java applications, including Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, and many other Integrated Development Environments, as well as J2EE applications running on a Java server such as Tomcat. You can find JSP, console, and swing demos in the installation folder.

Java Version Support

To deploy the driver JAR file, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or higher installed on your system.

Snowflake Version Support

The driver enables standards-based access to all Snowflake editions. You can authenticate with a Snowflake user, SSO, or SSL client authentication. After authenticating, you can execute standard SQL queries to Snowflake tables or set QueryPassthrough to use any of the available Snowflake SQL syntax. For example, you can use extended projection to project columns over semistructured data.

See Also

• Create Connection Objects

  See Connecting from Code to create JDBC Connection objects.

• Query Data from Code

  See Executing Statements and Using Prepared Statements to execute SQL statements to Snowflake tables.

• Connect from Java-Based Tools

  See Using from Tools shows how to connect to Snowflake and query data from several popular database tools.