MS SQL Server and MS JDBC Driver

Step 1: Obtain the MS JDBC driver

Microsoft has now open sourced their MS SQL Server JDBC driver and added it to the central Maven repository. This step is now part of the build process.

Step 2: Configure the Database Filter

From the uPortal source directory, open the filters/ properties file you wish to use with MS SQL Server and add your database information

## 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.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
environment.build.hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:sqlserver://<servername>:<port>;databaseName=<databasename>
environment.build.hibernate.connection.username=<username>
environment.build.hibernate.connection.password=<password>
environment.build.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect
environment.build.hibernate.connection.validationQuery=select 1

Step 3: Add the database driver

NEW: Open uportal-db/pom.xml file, uncomment the MSSQL sqljdbc driver below and modify as needed
Add the appropriate version properties to the root pom.xml file or enter the appropriate version below. Valid options are "6.1.0.jre7" and "6.1.0.jre8" as of this edit.

uportal-db/pom.xml

... 
<dependencies>
        <!-- Add any db drivers that are applicable to *any* of your environments -->
	    <dependency>
	        <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
	        <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
	        <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
	        <scope>compile</scope>
	    </dependency>
        <!--
         | The following db drivers should be uncommented and/or modified as needed for server 
         | deployments.  (Add all thaat are needed.)  Don't forget to add appropriate  .version 
         | properties to the root pom.xml, or simply enter the appropriate version below.
         +-->
	  <!--
	    <dependency>
            <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
	        <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
	        <version>${postgres.version}</version>
	        <scope>compile</scope>
	    </dependency>
 	    <dependency>
	        <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
	        <artifactId>db2-jdbc</artifactId>
	        <version>${db2.version}</version>
	        <scope>compile</scope>
	    </dependency>
	  -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
            <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
            <version>${mssql.version}</version>
        </dependency>
 
	  <!--
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>${mysql.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
            <artifactId>ojdbc6_g</artifactId>
            <version>${oracle.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.sybase</groupId>
            <artifactId>sybase-jconnect</artifactId>
            <version>${sybase.version}</version>
        </dependency>
	    -->
    </dependencies>

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

Additional References

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