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These steps are required when you convert from a demo/trial server installation to a production/test installation.

Tip

While you are demo-ing you do not need to do the Database Setup steps discussed below.

Your  server requires an SQL database for storing users and form submissions.

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frevvo only supports/certifies the  running in the Apache Tomcat container. Refer to our Supported Platforms for the list of Application Servers and databases supported/certified by frevvo.

The default HSQLDB is ONLY sufficient for demo/trial versions of . All production users MUST switch their software to a production quality database.

Warning
  • You cannot migrate the data (user, roles, applications) automatically from HSQL to your production database. See this topic for the manual procedure details.

The following steps describe how to change the underlying database from the demo/trial HSQLDB to a production quality SQL database. The database configuration file, server.xml is located in <frevvo-home>/frevvo/tomcat/conf directory.

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Database configuration has been removed from the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\frevvo.xml file. It is now done in the C:<frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\server.xml file.

  • Notice the database resource name has been changed to jdbc/sharedfrevvoDS

When you configure your database, make the changes to the server.xml in the tomcat bundle that you are installing . Do not copy configured sections from a frevvo.xml of a previous release into the newly installed server.xml file.

  • The sendStringParametersAsUnicode=false property has been added to the SQL Server database URL. This property is needed for better performance. Refer to Configure the Connection URL for more information.
Tip

It is recommended practice to use a named user (schema) account with the proper privileges when connecting to Oracle databases. The built in SYSTEM user account will not work.

Configure the frevvo database

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  1. Locate the sharedfrevvoDS data source url parameter and decide on a name for the frevvo database. For the SQL Server it would look like this: "url="jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=frevvo". You can change the name "frevvo" to whatever you wish, "" for example. But it must match the database name you create in your SQL server. See configure the connection Url below.
  2. Create a UTF-8 encoded database "frevvo" (assuming you left the url parameter database name as the default) in your SQL server
  3. Set the sharedfrevvoDS data source url parameter to your database server. See configure the connection Url below.

  4. Set the sharedfrevvoDS data source username and password parameters to a user that has read and write permissions to the frevvo database.

    Tip

    It is recommended practice to use a named user (schema) account with the proper privileges when connecting to Oracle databases. The built in SYSTEM user account will not work.

  5. The frevvo database setup is now complete.  will create all the necessary tables upon startup.
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  • Where did the SQL scripts go? The server no longer needs the SQL scripts that used to be in <frevvo installdir>\frevvo\data\sql. The server automatically creates the necessary tables at first startup.

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  • the HSQLDB.jar file is located in WEB-INF/lib in the frevvo.war.

  • the SQL Server JDBC Driver - this driver (mssql-jdbc-6.1.0.jre8.jar ) is included in the frevvo tomcat bundle in the <frevvo-home>\frevvo\tomcat\lib directory.

    Warning

    At this time, frevvo only supports the v6.1.0.jre8 version of the SQL Server JDBC driver.  This version of the driver is included in the frevvo tomcat bundle. v6.2+ of the driver may cause an issue with downloading larger attachment files from the submission repository. v6.2+ versions should not be used until further notice.

If you don't find what you need pre-installed you will need to locate a driver compatible to your database. Usually you can download your driver from the internet. Try one of these locations

  • MySQL - 5.1.45 or later is recommended if you are using MySQL 5.6+

  • Oracle

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Once you have the driver you need, copy it to <frevvo-home>/tomcat/lib.

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