New Databricks JDBC driver version doesn't recognize JDBC URL

Question

I had been using the Databricks JDBC driver version 2.6.22 and tried to upgrade to 2.6.27. However, after upgrading I get messages saying my JDBC URLs are invalid when trying to connect. These JDBC URLs work fine with the old version of the driver and I pull them directly from the Databricks SQL endpoint info, so I expect something else is going on.

Example JDBC URL: jdbc:spark://[workspace domain]:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;AuthMech=3;httpPath=/sql/1.0/endpoints/[identifier]

I noticed between versions the name went from SimbaSparkJDBC42-2.6.22.1040 to DatabricksJDBC42-2.6.27.1048 and the JAR class name went from com.simba.spark.jdbc.Driver to com.databricks.client.jdbc.Driver. Does dropping Simba mean there was a more major change? Do I need to correct my JDBC URLs somehow?

I'm downloading my driver from here

I'm using DBeaver as my SQL client if that makes a difference.

Answer 1

JDBC URLs for the new databricks driver start with jdbc:databricks: instead of jdbc:spark:. As of now, JDBC URL details in the UI still use the old format, just replace spark with databricks and they should work. Mentioned here