Snowflake JDBC Driver

Snowflake provides a JDBC type 4 driver that supports core functionality, allowing Java program to connect to Snowflake.

Prerequisites

The Snowflake JDBC driver requires Java 1.8 or higher. If the minimum required version of Java is not installed on the client machines where the JDBC driver is installed, you must install either Oracle Java or OpenJDK.

Installation

Maven

Add following code block as a dependency

<dependency>
  <groupId>net.snowflake</groupId>
  <artifactId>snowflake-jdbc</artifactId>
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Build from Source Code

1. Checkout source code from Github by running:

git clone https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc.git

2. Build the driver by running:

mvn install

Usage

Load Driver Class

Class.forName("net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeDriver")

Datasource

javax.sql.DataSource interface is implemented by class

net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeBasicDataSource

Connection String

US(West) Region:

jdbc:snowflake://<account>.snowflakecomputing.com/?<connection_params>

EU(Frankfurt) Region:

jdbc:snowflake://<account>.eu-central-1.snowflakecomputing.com/?<connection_params>

Documentation

For detailed documentation, please refer to https://docs.snowflake.net/manuals/user-guide/jdbc.html

Development

Run the maven command to check the coding style.

mvn -P check-style verify

Follow the instruction if any error occurs or run this command to fix the formats.

mvn com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:format

You may import the coding style from IntelliJ so that the coding style can be applied on IDE:

• In the File -> Settings/Plugins, and install google-java-format plugin.
• Enable google-java-format for the JDBC project.
• In the source code window, select Code -> Reformat to apply the coding style.

Support

Feel free to file an issue or submit a PR here for general cases. For official support, contact Snowflake support at: https://community.snowflake.com/s/article/How-To-Submit-a-Support-Case-in-Snowflake-Lodge