Snowflake Reader/Writer
FME can access attribute data held in Snowflake database tables.
FME provides read and write access via Snowflake’s JDBC driver, which is bundled with FME.
- Snowflake Non-Spatial Reader/Writer: SNOWFLAKE_NONSPATIAL
- Snowflake Spatial Reader/Writer: SNOWFLAKE_SPATIAL
Using Snowflake in FME
To learn more about Snowflake and FME, see:
Product and System Requirements
Format |
FME Platform |
Operating System |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reader/Writer |
FME Form |
FME Flow |
FME Flow Hosted |
Windows 64-bit |
Linux |
Mac |
Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Writer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Usage Notes
The performance of this format is dependent on the amount of memory allocated to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The following environment variables allow you to specify memory available to Java Plugins:

Initial heap size for initializing the JVM. If unset, the default value is 1024K.
This variable must be set in multiples of 1024 and greater than 1 MB. To indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, append k or K, m or M, or g or G, respectively. For example, any of these values is acceptable:
6291456
6144k
6m

Maximum heap size for initializing the JVM. If unset, the default value is 16384K.
This variable must be set in multiples of 1024 and greater than 2 MB. To indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, append k or K, m or M, or g or G, respectively. For example, any of these values is acceptable:
83886080
81920k
80m