Hi,
Unfortunately Oracle table columns defined as NUMBER result in overflow. An alternative seems to be to create a UDF to map that column to Double val toDouble = udf((d: java.math.BigDecimal) => d.toString.toDouble) This is the DF I have defined to fetch one column as below from the Oracle table val s = sqlContext.load("jdbc", Map("url" -> "jdbc:oracle:thin:@rhes564:1521:mydb", "dbtable" -> "(select PROD_ID from sh.sales)", "user" -> "sh", "password" -> "xxxxx")) This obviously works scala> s.count res13: Long = 918843 Now the question is how to use that UDF toDouble to read column PROD_ID? Do I need to create a temporary table? Thanks Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABU rV8Pw> https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUr V8Pw <http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com/> http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com NOTE: The information in this email is proprietary and confidential. This message is for the designated recipient only, if you are not the intended recipient, you should destroy it immediately. Any information in this message shall not be understood as given or endorsed by Peridale Technology Ltd, its subsidiaries or their employees, unless expressly so stated. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this email is virus free, therefore neither Peridale Technology Ltd, its subsidiaries nor their employees accept any responsibility.