Step 1: Obtain the Driver

Since the Sybase JDBC driver is not available in the central Maven repository, it must be placed into the local repository of each machine on which you wish to build uPortal. As an alternative, you could set up a maven repository for use by multiple machines.

The first step is to download the JDBC driver for your database. The Sybase jConnect for JDBC product is available from Sybase at http://www.sybase.com/products/middleware/jconnectforjdbc. It is available as a download separate from the Sybase database product.

To install the JAR into your local maven repository, use the following command:

mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.sybase -DartifactId=sybase-jconnect -Dversion=<version> -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true -Dfile=jconn2.jar

 
The latest version looks to be jconn4.jar in version 7.07

The groupId, artifactId and version specified in this command are up to you, but they should match the JAR vendor, name and version to avoid confusion down the road.

Step 2: Add the Dependency

From the uPortal source directory, open the uPortal-4.x.x/pom.xml file, there is a section about 110 lines down that reads:

<!-- The JDBC Driver used by uPortal -->
    <jdbc.groupId>hsqldb</jdbc.groupId>
    <jdbc.artifactId>hsqldb</jdbc.artifactId>
    <jdbc.version>${hsqldb.version}</jdbc.version>

Modify this to use the MSSQL driver, using the group, artifact and version information from the mvn install:install-file command above.

<!-- The JDBC Driver used by uPortal -->
    <jdbc.groupId>com.sybase</jdbc.groupId>
    <jdbc.artifactId>sybase-jconnect</jdbc.artifactId>
    <jdbc.version>version</jdbc.version>

Step 3: Configure the Database Filter

1. In the filters folder, locate the default local.properties file under uPortal-4.0.x/filters/local.properties and configure the Database Connection Settings

uPortal/filters/local.properties

# HSQL Configuration
environment.build.hsql.port=8887

# Database Connection Settings (Uncomment the Maven Filters section in rdbm.properties)
environment.build.hibernate.connection.driver_class=com.sybase.jdbc2.SybDriver  (latest version should be com.sybase.jdbc4.jdbc.SybDriver)
environment.build.hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:sybase:Tds://my.school.edu/uPortal
environment.build.hibernate.connection.username=user
environment.build.hibernate.connection.password=password
environment.build.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect

Step 4: Test the Configuration

Running the dbtest ant target will tell you if you have configured the database connection properly.

ant dbtest

Step 5: Build and Deploy

Following a successful test, you can execute the command below to build the database tables and copy files to your servlet container.

Note: Executing the command "ant clean initportal" will drop and recreate the database tables and all existing data will be lost. This will result in a clean uPortal database structure. If you want to keep the contents of your existing database, use "ant clean deploy-war"

ant clean initportal

Step 6: Restart Tomcat

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