Oracle integrated CDC connector

Important

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

This page helps you understand the Oracle ingestion workflow, including the factors that determine your setup approach and the steps involved for different user personas.

The Oracle integrated CDC connector uses an integrated CDC pipeline: a single pipeline extracts changes from Oracle using LogMiner and applies them to destination streaming tables, with no separate ingestion gateway. For the component model, see Connector components.

Important

Before you create an Oracle integrated CDC ingestion pipeline, you must configure the source database directly in Oracle: enable archive log mode, enable supplemental logging on the tables you replicate, and create a replication user with the required privileges. Complete these tasks first. See Configure Oracle for ingestion into Azure Databricks.

Feature availability

The same feature availability applies to AWS, Azure, and GCP Azure Databricks.

Feature Availability
UI-based pipeline authoring Green check icon Supported
API-based pipeline authoring Green check icon Supported
Declarative Automation Bundles Green check icon Supported
Incremental ingestion Green check icon Supported
Unity Catalog governance Green check icon Supported
Orchestration using Lakeflow Jobs Green check icon Supported
SCD type 2 Green check icon Supported
API-based column selection and deselection Green check icon Supported
API-based row filtering Red X icon Not supported
Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns Green check icon Supported
Re-adding a deleted column with the same name is not supported.
Automated schema evolution: Data type changes Green check icon Supported
Type widening only. A non-widening (narrowing) type change requires a full refresh.
Automated schema evolution: Column renames Red X icon Not supported
Automated schema evolution: Table renames Red X icon Not supported
Automated schema evolution: New tables Green check icon Supported
If you ingest the entire schema. See the limitations on the number of tables per pipeline.
Auto full refresh Green check icon Supported
Automatically full-refreshes affected tables to recover from unsupported schema changes. See Auto full refresh policy.
Maximum number of tables per pipeline 250

Authentication methods

The connector supports basic authentication with an Oracle username and password only. See Create an Oracle connection.

Ingest from Oracle in 3 steps

  1. Configure Oracle for ingestion (Admins) — Enable archive log mode, enable supplemental logging on the tables you replicate, and create a replication user with the required privileges.
  2. Create a Unity Catalog connection (Admins) — Create a connection in Catalog Explorer so non-admins can create pipelines.
  3. Create an ingestion pipeline (Admins or non-admins) — Select any supported interface and create a pipeline from an existing connection.

Additional resources