Snowflake
This article describes how to create a connection to Snowflake using a SQL command.
To write your transformed data into a Snowflake table using SQLake, you must first create a connection that provides the appropriate credentials to access your database.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE CONNECTION
<connection_identifier>
CONNECTION_STRING = '<connection_string>'
USER_NAME = '<user_name>'
PASSWORD = '<password>'
[ MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS = <integer> ]
[ COMMENT = '<comment>' ]
Type:
text
The connection string to use when connecting to the database.
Format:
jdbc:snowflake://<ACCOUNT_WITH_REGION>.snowflakecomputing.com?db=<DB_NAME>&warehouse=<WAREHOUSE_NAME>&role=<ROLE_NAME >
Where:
ACCOUNT_WITH_REGION.snowflakecomputing.com
- The connection URL in Snowflake.
- Example:
snowflakedemo.us-east-2.aws.snowflakecomputing.com
DB_NAME
- The name of the database to connect to.
WAREHOUSE_NAME
- (Optional) The warehouse name. If not provided, the default warehouse is used. If no default warehouse exists, the
CREATE CONNECTION
command fails.
ROLE_NAME
- (Optional) The name of the role to use when connecting. If not provided, the default role is used. If no default role exists, the
CREATE CONNECTION
command fails.
Type:
text
The user to authenticate to the database with.
Type:
text
The password for the user.
Type:
integer
(Optional) The maximum number of concurrent connections to the database.
Limiting this may reduce the load on the database but could result in longer data latency.
Type:
text
(Optional) A description or comment regarding this connection.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE CONNECTION my_snowflake_connection
CONNECTION_STRING = 'jdbc:snowflake://snowflakedemo.us-east-1.snowflakecomputing.com?db=DEMO_DB&warehouse=DEMO_WH&role=ADMIN'
USER_NAME = 'your_user'
PASSWORD = 'your_pass';
CREATE SNOWFLAKE CONNECTION my_snowflake_connection
CONNECTION_STRING = 'jdbc:snowflake://snowflakedemo.us-east-1.snowflakecomputing.com?db=DEMO_DB&warehouse=DEMO_WH&role=ADMIN'
USER_NAME = 'your_user'
PASSWORD = 'your_pass'
MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS = 23
COMMENT = 'snowflake connection example';
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