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You can create connections to one or more Oracle databases from .

If you are connecting to any relational source of data, such as Redshift or Oracle, you must add the to your whitelist for those resources.

For more information, see Getting Started with Cloud Dataprep.

Configure

To create this connection:

In the Import Data page, click the Plus sign. Then, select the Relational tab. Click the Oracle card.
You can also create connections through the Connections page. See Connections Page.

Modify the following properties as needed:

Property Description

Host

Enter your hostname. Example:

testsql.database.windows.net

Port Set this value to 1521.

Connect String options

Please insert any connection options as a string here. See below.

Enable SSL

Select the option if the connection should use SSL.

NOTE: Additional configuration may be required in the database server. For more information, please consult the documentation that was provided with the distribution.

NOTE: SSL connections are not supported in .

Service Name Enter the name of the Oracle service.

User Name (basic credential type only) Username to use to connect to the database.

Password (basic credential type only) Password associated with the above username.

Test Connection After you have defined the connection credentials type, credentials, and connection string, you can validate those credentials.

Connection Name Display name of the connection

Connection Description Description of the connection, which appears in the application.

Reference

Connection URL

The properties that you provide are inserted into the following URL, which connects to the connection:

<host>:<port>/<service_name>

Connect string options

The connect string options are optional. If non-standard connections are required, Oracle supports using tsnames format.

When the connect string options field is used:

The connect string options parameters are prepended with jdbc:oracle:thin:@.
The following fields are ignored from the form. These values must be specified as part of the tsnames :
- Host
- Port
- Service
- SSL

After you specify the connect string options, the generated connection URL is automatically prepended with the following protocol information. Do not add this to the connection URL or connect string options:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@

Examples are below.

Use SID:

If you are using a service identifier, instead of a service name, please specify your connection string options as follows:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=oracle.rds.example.com)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=orcl)))

Use TCPS:

If TCPS protocol is required, you can specify your connection string options as follows:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcps)(HOST=oracle.rds.example.com)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=orcl)))

For more information, please see the documentation for the Oracle driver.

Driver Information

This connection uses the following driver:

Driver name: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Driver version: com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8:19.9.0.0
Driver documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/index.html

Troubleshooting

For more information on common error messages, see https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/java.112/e16548/apxermsg.htm#JJDBC28962.

Use

For more information, see Database Browser.

Data Conversion

For more information on how values are converted during input and output with this database, see Oracle Data Type Conversions.