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Redshift ODBC & JDBC Drivers

Leverage the power and convenience for real-time analytics and reporting on your Amazon Redshift data

Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver

Seamless, Real-Time Analytics with Amazon Redshift Connectivity

Simba Amazon Redshift ODBC and JDBC drivers offer direct, industry-standard SQL-92 access to data stored in a Redshift data warehouse.

Simba ODBC and JDBC drivers for Redshift deliver seamless connectivity and enable powerful analytics on all major platforms, without the need for complicated data extraction.

Using the Simba Amazon Redshift ODBC and JDBC connectors, you can enjoy scalability, full BI tool functionality, and real-time analytics. The Simba Amazon Redshift ODBC and JDBC connectors are built on the Simba SDK platform, the industry-leading dev environment for ODBC and JDBC connector development.

  • The Simba ODBC connector for Redshift complies with the latest ODBC 3.80 data standard and adds important functionality such as Unicode and 32- and 64-bit support for high-performance, cloud computing environments.
  • The Simba JDBC connector for Redshift includes support for JDBC 4.2.

Features of Redshift ODBC & JDBC Drivers

Seamless connection between ODBC/JDBC compliant BI tools and your data in Amazon Redshift
Configurable Query Processing Modes: Single Row, Bulk Fetch, Concurrent Queries, and Entire Results Set
Multiplatform support, including Windows, Mac and major Linux distributions
Encrypted communication with Amazon Redshift over SSL
Mapping between common data types in Amazon Redshift and ANSI SQL data types
Supports TCP keepalives to prevent connections from timing out
Flexible connector level logging and ODBC tracing

Amazon Redshift ODBC & JDBC Specifications

ODBC 3.80 Support
JDBC 4.2 Support
Unicode Support
Support for 32- and 64-bit platforms
Supported on Windows 8, or 8.1, Windows Server 2012, or 2012 R2
Supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, SUSE Enterprise Server 12, Ubuntu & Debian
Support for iODBC 3.52.7 or later, or unixODBC 2.3.0 or later
Support for Mac OS X 10.14
Support for Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Support Amazon EC2 instance profile

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