diff --git a/ads/oracledb/oracle_db.py b/ads/oracledb/oracle_db.py
index 117d69259..2d8a363bb 100644
--- a/ads/oracledb/oracle_db.py
+++ b/ads/oracledb/oracle_db.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*--
 
-# Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2021, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl/
 
 """
@@ -17,19 +16,20 @@
 Note: We need to account for cx_Oracle though oracledb can operate in thick mode. The end user may be is using one of the old conda packs or an environment where cx_Oracle is the only available driver.
 """
 
-from ads.common.utils import ORACLE_DEFAULT_PORT
-
 import logging
-import numpy as np
 import os
-import pandas as pd
 import tempfile
-from time import time
-from typing import Dict, Optional, List, Union, Iterator
 import zipfile
+from time import time
+from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
 from ads.common.decorator.runtime_dependency import (
     OptionalDependency,
 )
+from ads.common.utils import ORACLE_DEFAULT_PORT
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("ads.oracle_connector")
 CX_ORACLE = "cx_Oracle"
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@
     import oracledb as oracle_driver  # Both the driver share same signature for the APIs that we are using.
 
     PYTHON_DRIVER_NAME = PYTHON_ORACLEDB
-except:
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
     logger.info("oracledb package not found. Trying to load cx_Oracle")
     try:
         import cx_Oracle as oracle_driver
 
         PYTHON_DRIVER_NAME = CX_ORACLE
-    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as err2:
         raise ModuleNotFoundError(
             f"Neither `oracledb` nor `cx_Oracle` module was not found. Please run "
             f"`pip install {OptionalDependency.DATA}`."
-        )
+        ) from err2
 
 
 class OracleRDBMSConnection(oracle_driver.Connection):
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def __init__(
                 logger.info(
                     "Running oracledb driver in thick mode. For mTLS based connection, thick mode is default."
                 )
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 logger.info(
                     "Could not use thick mode. The driver is running in thin mode. System might prompt for passphrase"
                 )
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def insert(
         batch_size=100000,
         encoding="utf-8",
     ):
-
         if if_exists not in ["fail", "replace", "append"]:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Unknown option `if_exists`={if_exists}. Valid options are 'fail', 'replace', 'append'"
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ def insert(
         df_orcl.columns = df_orcl.columns.str.replace(r"\W+", "_", regex=True)
         table_exist = True
         with self.cursor() as cursor:
-
             if if_exists != "replace":
                 try:
                     cursor.execute(f"SELECT 1 from {table_name} FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY")
@@ -275,7 +273,6 @@ def chunks(lst: List, batch_size: int):
                     yield lst[i : i + batch_size]
 
             for batch in chunks(record_data, batch_size=batch_size):
-
                 cursor.executemany(sql, batch, batcherrors=True)
 
                 for error in cursor.getbatcherrors():
@@ -304,7 +301,6 @@ def _fetch_by_batch(self, cursor, chunksize):
     def query(
         self, sql: str, bind_variables: Optional[Dict], chunksize=None
     ) -> Union[pd.DataFrame, Iterator[pd.DataFrame]]:
-
         start_time = time()
 
         cursor = self.cursor()
@@ -315,10 +311,8 @@ def query(
             cursor.execute(sql, **bind_variables)
             columns = [row[0] for row in cursor.description]
             df = iter(
-                (
-                    pd.DataFrame(data=rows, columns=columns)
-                    for rows in self._fetch_by_batch(cursor, chunksize)
-                )
+                pd.DataFrame(data=rows, columns=columns)
+                for rows in self._fetch_by_batch(cursor, chunksize)
             )
 
         else:
@@ -332,3 +326,21 @@ def query(
             )
 
         return df
+
+
+def get_adw_connection(vault_secret_id: str) -> "oracledb.Connection":
+    """Creates ADW connection from the credentials stored in the vault"""
+    import oracledb
+
+    from ads.secrets.adb import ADBSecretKeeper
+
+    secret = vault_secret_id
+
+    logging.getLogger().debug("A secret id was used to retrieve credentials.")
+    creds = ADBSecretKeeper.load_secret(secret).to_dict()
+    user = creds.pop("user_name", None)
+    password = creds.pop("password", None)
+    if not user or not password:
+        raise ValueError(f"The user or password is missing in {secret}")
+    logging.getLogger().debug("Downloaded secrets successfully.")
+    return oracledb.connect(user=user, password=password, **creds)