Hey CData Community!
The CData Driver for Databricks now offers an optional setting to disable the automatic execution of SELECT version() during connection initialization. By default, the driver runs this query to confirm the SQL Warehouse is responsive—but in high-throughput or multi-threaded environments, that check can introduce unwanted overhead. This new toggle lets you skip that step and boost connection performance - faster startup times, improved throughput, and reduced load on your warehouse. Just make sure your application handles connectivity errors if the check is turned off.
Check out the full article here: https://www.cdata.com/kb/articles/databricks-select-version.rst
