connection

connection
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Name

connection — Defines the JDBC connection to make

Synopsis

<connection>
	<catalog>catalog</catalog>
	<schema>schema</schema>
	<url>url</url>
	<username>username</username>
	<password>password</password>
</connection>

Description

This element is the JDBC connection definition of a data source.

Content

catalog: The database catalog name to connect to (if applicable), most of the time a catalog name is the same as database name.
schema: If applicable, the shema to use.
url: JDBC connection url (obligatory).
username: The username to use.
password: The password to use. If it is empty (<password></password>, it means an empty password, if this element is not present, it will ask the password via command line.

Example

Example 18. JDBC data source driver definition.

<project name="testProject">
	...
	<metadata>
		...
	</metadata>
	<output>
		<jdbc>
			<driver name="postgresql">
				<jar>/usr/share/java/postgresql.jar</jar>
				<native></native>
				<class>org.postgresql.Driver</class>
			</driver>
			<connection>
				<catalog>testdb</catalog>
				<schema>public</schema>
				<url>jdbc:postgresql:testdb</url>
				<username>mbassale</username>
				<password>12345</password>
			</connection>
		</jdbc>
	</output>
</project>