question Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver? in Support Questions

Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver?

ksmiller99 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:29:12 GMT

My company does not allow Java any more. Does the Impala JDBC driver work with alternatives, such as Zing?

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver?

DianaTorres — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:40:58 GMT

@ksmiller99 Welcome to the Cloudera Community!

To help you get the best possible solution, I have tagged our Impala experts @jAnshula @Boris G @Saurabhatiyal who may be able to assist you further.

Please keep us updated on your post, and we hope you find a satisfactory solution to your query.

Re: Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver?

jAnshula — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:15:31 GMT

@ksmiller99 If your company has completed banned Java, then using JDBC is not possible, Impala’s JDBC driver cannot work without a JVM

Re: Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver?

Saurabhatiyal — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:18:44 GMT

You can try other approach like ODBC driver or Impyla to connect to Impala

Re: Alternative JRE for Impala JDBC driver?

cjervis — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:34:31 GMT

@ksmiller99 Were you able to resolve your issue? If so please mark the appropriate reply as the solution to help others in a similar situation find it in the future.