DbSchema for Snowflake Database

DbSchema is a powerful database management and design tool for Snowflake. It offers features such as visual schema design, team collaboration with GIT, schema deployment and HTML schema documentation.

How to Connect to Snowflake Database

1. Access the Connection Dialog

   Choose "Connect to the database" or "New Model Connected to the Database" will let you select your database and open the Connection Dialog.

   DbSchema automatically downloads the JDBC driver to connect to your database.

2. Configure the Connection

In the Connection Dialog window, select the JDBC URL you want to connect with. If your database is running in the cloud, choose Edit Manually and insert the JDBC URL from the cloud console.

Enter the host name, the authentication details, select your database as described in the Connection Dialog page.

3. Troubleshoot Firewall Issues
If you encounter connection issues, it may be due to firewall settings. Read how to enable Firewall Connections.

Firewalls & anti-viruses may block database connections.

Snowflake account

In the connection dialog you can choose the 'Edit Manually' in the JDBC URL combo or 'Standard'. The 'Edit manually' will let you edit the JDBC URL by your wish.

Log in the Snowflake console, check the Accounts and hover the account link. Copy the account in the Host field.

Copy the account into the host filed and fill in the user credentials. If you use the 'Edit Manually' in the JDBC URL combo, fix the URL string with the account location.

If the Snowflake URL in the browser is https://app.snowflake.com/mlzkajy/zr49715/
the JDBC URL will look like jdbc:snowflake://mlzkajy-zr49715.snowflakecomputing.com?client_metadata_request_use_connection_ctx=true

You can also find out the account name by running in Snowflake:

use role accountadmin;
select system$whitelist();

If you receive any errors, please enable logging as described here.