This works with Spark 2 with Oracle jar file added to $SPARK_HOME/conf/ spark-defaults.conf
spark.driver.extraClassPath /home/hduser/jars/ojdbc6.jar spark.executor.extraClassPath /home/hduser/jars/ojdbc6.jar and you get cala> val s = HiveContext.read.format("jdbc").options( | Map("url" -> _ORACLEserver, | "dbtable" -> "(SELECT to_char(ID) AS ID, to_char(CLUSTERED) AS CLUSTERED, to_char(SCATTERED) AS SCATTERED, to_char(RANDOMISED) AS RANDOMISED, RANDOM_STRING, SMALL_VC, PADDING FROM scratchpad.dummy)", | "partitionColumn" -> "ID", | "lowerBound" -> "1", | "upperBound" -> "100000000", | "numPartitions" -> "10", | "user" -> _username, | "password" -> _password)).load s: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [ID: string, CLUSTERED: string ... 5 more fields] that works. However, with CDH 5.5.2 (Spark 1.5) it fails with error *java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver* at java.sql.DriverManager.getDriver(DriverManager.java:315) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcUtils$$anonfun$2.apply(JdbcUtils.scala:54) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcUtils$$anonfun$2.apply(JdbcUtils.scala:54) at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcUtils$.createConnectionFactory(JdbcUtils.scala:53) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JDBCRDD$.resolveTable(JDBCRDD.scala:123) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JDBCRelation.<init>(JDBCRelation.scala:117) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcRelationProvider.createRelation(JdbcRelationProvider.scala:53) at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.DataSource.resolveRelation(DataSource.scala:315) at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader.load(DataFrameReader.scala:149) at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader.load(DataFrameReader.scala:122) Any ideas? Thanks Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction.