This page describes the JDBC drivers that Spanner supports for GoogleSQL-dialect databases and PostgreSQL-dialect databases. You can use these drivers to connect to Spanner from Java applications. Spanner supports the following JDBC drivers:
- The Spanner JDBC driver, which is an open-source JDBC driver that is written, provided, and supported by Google, similar to the Cloud Client Libraries . This is the recommended JDBC driver for Spanner, especially for the GoogleSQL dialect. You can also use it to connect to PostgreSQL-dialect databases.
- The PostgreSQL JDBC driver in combination with PGAdapter. This driver only supports PostgreSQL-dialect databases.
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Maven Central | Maven Central |
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Yes; Apache license | Yes; BSD 2-Clause |
For information about the Spanner JDBC driver, see Spanner JDBC driver FAQ and How to use the Spanner JDBC driver .
For information about the PostgreSQL JDBC driver, see Connect JDBC to a PostgreSQL-dialect database .
