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Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy)
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) is legacy, replaced by Databricks JDBC Driver (legacy since March 2025).
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) Databricks JDBC Driver
The original JDBC driver for connecting Java apps, tools, clients, and SDKs to Databricks, covering every version below version 3.
- For years the JDBC driver Databricks shipped was not written by Databricks at all - the docs say plainly that it is a Simba driver developed by insightsoftware.
- Being labelled legacy did not stop the release train - version 2.8.0 shipped in March 2026, a year after version 3 took over the recommended slot.
- Its configuration guide is welded to the installer - the docs hand you a PDF that also rides along inside the download's own docs directory.
Limitations: Cloud Fetch needs JDBC driver 2.6.19 or above and only applies to query results larger than 1 MB, and it requires an E2 workspace plus an Amazon S3 bucket without versioning enabled; with versioning on, Databricks cannot garbage collect older result-file versions after the 24-hour retention, so storage keeps growing.
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- Developer experience
- Also known as
- Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba), Simba JDBC, Databricks JDBC 2.x
- Verified
- 2026-08-20