dbSNP FTP file format change planned for early 2018

In early 2018, dbSNP will no longer provide relational database table dumps on the FTP site or any general SQL support for future build releases. Instead, dbSNP FTP data will be made available as a cumulative file of RefSNP objects in JSON format. These files are now available, so users can begin migration and testing. Please see the dbSNP Alert README file for more details.
Source: NCBI Announcements - Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news