Spark SQL just take the JDBC as a new data source, the same as we need to support loading data from a .csv or .json.
From: Yi Zhang [mailto:zhangy...@yahoo.com.INVALID] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 2:30 PM To: User Subject: What's the advantage features of Spark SQL(JDBC) Hi All, Comparing direct access via JDBC, what's the advantage features of Spark SQL(JDBC) to access external data source? Any tips are welcome! Thanks. Regards, Yi