diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230223-180923.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230223-180923.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4faed7bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230223-180923.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: implement data_type_code_to_name on SparkConnectionManager
+time: 2023-02-23T18:09:23.787675-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: michelleark
+  Issue: "639"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/connections.py
index a606beb78..88163b5cc 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/connections.py
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ def open(cls, connection):
         connection.state = ConnectionState.OPEN
         return connection
 
+    @classmethod
+    def data_type_code_to_name(cls, type_code: str) -> str:
+        return type_code
+
 
 def build_ssl_transport(host, port, username, auth, kerberos_service_name, password=None):
     transport = None