Tutorial: Getting Started with Cloud Databases

Liz Sanderson
Liz Sanderson
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Introduction

A cloud database typically runs on a cloud platform and provides users with access to the database as a service. These cloud databases offer scalability and ensure the database remains highly available. There are several cloud database services available, and we continually add support for these.

Each of the following cloud databases is available to read and write in FME. For specifics on which cloud databases support spatial, please see Overview of Spatial Support on the Cloud Databases:

Articles

To learn how to use these formats in FME, please see the following articles.

Reading and Writing Amazon Redshift Spatial Databases

Learn how to connect to Amazon RedShift as well as how to read and write data

Connecting to Oracle Autonomous Databases

Learn how to connect to Oracle Autonomous Databases using Wallet credentials

Reading and Writing Oracle Autonomous Databases

Learn how to read and write data to Oracle Autonomous Databases

Getting Started with Snowflake

Resources for connecting to and working with Snowflake

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