I have experience working with Python. Can you explain the configuration steps required to onboard new Oracle tables and ingest them into Snowflake using Python? What considerations are there for the source and target configurations?
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- Install dependencies: cx_Oracle for Oracle connectivity and snowflake-connector-python for Snowflake. 2. Configure Oracle connection: set TNS_ADMIN, create a tnsnames.ora entry, or use a direct connect string with host, port, service name, and credentials. 3. Configure Snowflake connection: provide account, user, password, role, warehouse, database, and schema. Store credentials securely (e.g., environment variables or a secrets manager). 4. Create a staging table in Snowflake that matches the source schema. 5. Write a Python script that: a) connects to Oracle, runs a SELECT to fetch rows (optionally in batches), b) writes the data to a CSV or Parquet file locally or to a Snowflake stage, c) uses COPY INTO to load the file into the staging table, d) optionally transforms data (e.g., type casting, null handling). 6. Add error handling, logging, and retry logic. 7. Schedule the script via Airflow, cron, or a cloud scheduler. Considerations: network latency between the source and Snowflake, data volume (use bulk load), security (use SSL, IAM roles), and idempotency (use surrogate keys or upsert logic).
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