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This page describes how to upgrade your Database Connector to the latest released version of the Database Connector that is compatible with this version of . This upgrade requires you to move your datasource configuration out of configuration.xml and into the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\dbconnector.properties file.

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

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  2. Create a folder named <frevvo-home>\config i.e. c:\frevvo\config. Copy your configuration.xml to this location
  3. Locate & Delete your previous database resource definition(s)
    1. Edit configuration.xml
    2. Delete all lines between and including <resource-def></resource-def> for all querysets

      To help locate this, here is a example of a Datasource definition in configuration.xml

      Code Block
      <resource-def>
          <url>YOUR database Url HERE</url>   
          <driver>YOUR driver HERE</driver>
          <user>YOUR database user HERE</user>
          <password>YOUR password HERE</password>
      </resource-def>
    3. Delete all lines between and including <resource-ref></resource-ref>. You would have <resource-ref> definitions in your configuration.xml if you chose to define the database connection in the application container (Tomcat if you are using the frevvo-tomcat bundle) instead of inside the database connector.

      To help locate this, here is an example of a Datasource definition using <resource-ref>.

      Code Block
      <resource-ref>
          <description>MySQL Customers</description>
          <res-ref-name>jdbc/mystore_ds</res-ref-name>
          <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
          <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
      </resource-ref>
    4. Remove the queryset attributes for date/dateTime/timestamp formats from all querysets. It is no longer necessary to add them. Refer to Defining SQL Queries - Dates andTime stamps for more information
      Here is an example:

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      <queryset name="myStore" timeStampFormat="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" dateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd" xmlDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd">
      
      Should be
      <queryset name="myStore">
  4. Setup your v2.5.3+ database resource definition(s)
    1. Create <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\dbconnector.properties (if it does not already exist in your v7.3.2 frevvo server)
    2. For each deleted <resource-def> lines, Add these lines

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      dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.url=<the url to your database>
      dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.user=<your database username>
      dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.password=<your database password>
    3. For each deleted <resource-ref> lines, Add this line

      Code Block
      dbconnector.queryset@mystore.resource-ref.name=jdbc/<name of your resource>
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      If you prefer to define your datasources on the container level, the recommended approach is to define the datasource in the container and then use a resource-ref in the Database Connector properties file to reference it..  

      Info

      Using <Resource-ref> to define datasources is not supported if you are running the Database Connector in Standalone mode. Use <Resource-def> instead.

      Follow these steps:

      1. Edit the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\context.xml.default file 

               a,  Add the Resource name parameter. An example is shown below:

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      <Resource name="jdbc/<your database name>"
                auth="Container"         
                driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
                username="<your database user>"
                password="<your database password>"
                type="javax.sql.DataSource"
                url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/<your queryset name>?autoconnect=true"/>

      2. Edit frevvo\tomcat\conf\dbconnector.properties file. Verify that the frevvo.connectors.database.configuration property has been set and add the dbconnector.resource-ref.name property as shown below:

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      dbconnector.queryset@<queryset name>.resource-ref.name=jdbc/<name of your resource>

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  5. Copy the sample frevvo.connectors.database.configuration property and add it to the dbconnector.properties file.

  6. Edit the frevvo.connectors.database.configuration line to be the path to your configuration.xml file.

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    titleSample frevvo.connector.datqbase.configuration property
    frevvo.connectors.database.configuration=file:///C:/frevvo/config/configuration.xml
    
    dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.url=<the url to your database>
    dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.user=<your database username>
    dbconnector.queryset@<your queryset name>.resource-def.password=<your database password
  7. Start Live Forms
  8. Browse http:<your server>:<port>/database/status Verify that the query validation page is loaded with status Passed


  9.  Log into your tenant  and test your forms and flows that interact with your database.

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