drivers

The drivers command group lets you list available drivers, activate licenses, and inspect connection properties.

drivers list

Lists all CData JDBC drivers discovered in ./ and ./lib/ relative to the CLI executable.

cdatacli drivers list

Output

[ {
  "activated" : true,
  "version" : "26.0.9644.0",
  "product" : "CData JDBC Driver for Salesforce 2026",
  "name" : "Salesforce",
  "path" : "./lib/cdata.jdbc.salesforce.jar"
}, {
  "activated" : false,
  "version" : "26.0.9644.0",
  "product" : "CData JDBC Driver for Snowflake 2026",
  "name" : "Snowflake",
  "path" : "./lib/cdata.jdbc.snowflake.jar"
} ]

drivers activate

Activates a CData JDBC driver using a license key or trial. This command is non-interactive and suitable for scripting.

cdatacli drivers activate <driver-name> --name <your-name> --email <email> [--key <license-key> | --trial]

Arguments and options

Argument/Option	Description	Required
`<driver-name>`	Name of the driver to activate	Yes
`--name`	Name of the user registering the license	Yes
`--email`	Email address for the license	Yes
`--key`	License key	One of `--key` or `--trial`
`--trial`	Start a free trial instead of using a license key	One of `--key` or `--trial`

Examples Activate with a license key:

cdatacli drivers activate Salesforce --name "John Doe" --email you@example.com --key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

Start a free trial:

cdatacli drivers activate Salesforce --name "John Doe" --email you@example.com --trial

drivers connectionprops

Lists the connection properties available for a driver, including their descriptions and default values. By default, this lists only the most important properties. Add the --full flag to list all properties.

cdatacli drivers connectionprops <driver-name> [--full]

Arguments and options

Argument/Option	Description	Required
`<driver-name>`	Name of the driver	Yes
`--full`	List all connection properties instead of only the most important ones	No

Examples List the most important connection properties:

cdatacli drivers connectionprops Salesforce

List all connection properties:

cdatacli drivers connectionprops Salesforce --full

Output

[
  {
    "name": "User",
    "description": "The Salesforce user account used to authenticate.",
    "required": true,
    "default": ""
  },
  {
    "name": "Password",
    "description": "The password for the Salesforce user account.",
    "required": true,
    "default": ""
  }
]

Getting Started

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Command Reference

drivers list

drivers activate

drivers connectionprops

​drivers list

​drivers activate

​drivers connectionprops

drivers list

drivers activate

drivers connectionprops