Driver Management

This section explains how to upload and manage drivers in Exasol SaaS.

Exasol SaaS can exchange data with most other databases. In the IMPORT and EXPORT statements, you can specify a connection string to a database and load data from/to that source. The CREATE CONNECTION command saves this connection string in a connection object and can be re-used in other queries.

A JDBC driver must be installed to enable Exasol SaaS to exchange data with another system using JDBC. For connections to Oracle systems, Oracle Instant Client is required. You can upload the drivers and Oracle Instant Client using the File Management page in Exasol SaaS.

This section covers the following topics:

To learn more about how to create and manage files and folders in Exasol SaaS, see also File Management.