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If you are upgrading your Database Connector, follow the Database Connector Upgrade Guide instead of the steps on this page.

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Configuring the Database Connector

The database connector can be installed in either a simple standalone mode or in a servlet container such as the frevvo-tomcat in-house bundle. Depending on your installation choice, follow

Configuring the Database Connector in the frevvo-tomcat bundle

These steps assume you have already installed the frevvo-tomcat bundle and the Database Connector and have verified that the connector up and running.

  1. Stop . You do not have to stop the Insight Server.

  2. Create a folder named <frevvo-home>\config i.e. c:\frevvo\config.

    1. Create the file <frevvo-home>\config\configuration.xml. Your SQL statements will be added to this file.

    2. Copy/Paste the follow text into configuration.xml. This skeleton defines test querysets named myStore and BIRT to get you started.

      <dbconnector>
   <queryset name="myStore">    
   </queryset>
    
   <queryset name="BIRT">
   </queryset>      
</dbconnector>

  3. Create the file <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\frevvo-config.properties. If this file already exists you will add your database datasource properties to it.

    1. Copy/Paste one of the two following samples into frevvo-config.properties.

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

      Use this sample if all querysets use the same database
      frevvo.connectors.database.configuration=file:///C:/frevvo/config/configuration.xml

dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.url=<the url to your database>
dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.password=<your database password>

      The @myStore and @BIRT in the this sample will be your queryset names in your configuration.xml

      Use this sample if querysets use different databases
      frevvo.connectors.database.configuration=file:///C:/frevvo/config/configuration.xml

dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.url=<the url to your database #1>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.password=<your database password>

dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.url=<the url to your database #2>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.password=<your database password>


      Your Datasource Properties depend on your JDBC driver type.

       Click here for Datasource Property Examples

      MySQL example

      This sample shows a configuration.xml queryset named "alltest" against a MySql database named "test" where the database login user is "root" and the password is "root".

      dbconnector.queryset@alltest.resource-def.url=jdbc:mysql://<your database server>:<port>/test
dbconnector.queryset@alltest.resource-def.user=root
dbconnector.queryset@alltest.resource-def.password=root

      SQL Server Example

      This example connects to a SQL Server driver

      dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.url=jdbc:sqlserver://<your database server>;DatabaseName=<your database name>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.user=<your database user>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.password=<your database password>

      SQL jTDS Example

      This example connects to SQL Server using the jTDS driver. The jTDS driver requires the additional validationQuery property.

      dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.url=jdbc:sqlserver://<your database server>:<port>;DatabaseName=<your database name>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.user=<your database name>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.password=<your database password>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.validationQuery=SELECT 1

       

      If your SQL server has multiple SQL named instances, use the url instance parameter as shown here for an instance named xyzzy.

      dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.url=jdbc:sqlserver://<your database server>:<port>;DatabaseName=<your database name>;instance=xyzzy

      Oracle 11g

      This example connects to an Oracle 11g driver.

      dbconnector.queryset@mystore.resource-def.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@<your database server>:<port>:ServiceName
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.user=<your database user>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.password=<your database password>

  4. Restart

  5. Browse the status url http://<host>:<port>/database/status
  6. Your skeleton database configuration is successful when the status returns Passed! for each queryset. 
  7.  You are now ready to define your SQL Queries.

Configuring the Database Connector in Standalone mode

These instructions assume you have already installed the Database Connector Standalone bundle and have verified that the connector up and running.

Follow these steps:

  1. Stop the Standalone Database Connector

  2. Navigate to the <db-home>\database-connector-2.5.x\config directory.

    1. Create the file <frevvo-home>\config\configuration.xml.

    2. Copy/Paste the following text into configuration.xml. This skeleton defines test querysets named myStore and BIRT to get you started.

    <dbconnector>
   <queryset name="myStore">    
    </queryset>
    
    <queryset name="BIRT">
    </queryset>    
    
</dbconnector>

  3. Edit <db-home>\database-connector-2.5.x\config\configuration.xml. The dbconnector.properties file is where you can customize database connection properties (such as server port) and configure datasource definitions. Add the datasource definitions for your querysets/queries to this file then save it.

    1. Copy/Paste one of the two following samples into dbconnector.properties.

      Use this sample if all querysets use the same database
      dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.url=<the url to your database>
dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset.resource-def.password=<your database password>

      The @myStore and @BIRT in the this sample will be your queryset names in your configuration.xml

      Use this sample if querysets use different databases
      frevvo.connectors.database.configuration=file:///C:/frevvo/config/configuration.xml

dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.url=<the url to your database #1>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset@myStore.resource-def.password=<your database password>

dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.url=<the url to your database #2>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.user=<your database username>
dbconnector.queryset@BIRT.resource-def.password=<your database password>



    • You can see more examples of datasource definitions here


  4.  

  5. Restart the connector using one of these methods:

    1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the <db-home>\database\database-connector-2.5.x directory
      Type java -jar database.war

    2. Click the Restart-DBConnector-Service.bat,sh to restart  the service for your operating system if you instl. Click below for a list of the batch files and shell scripts that come with the connector.

       Click here

      The database.zip file has the following structure:

      Note the files in the database-connector-2.5.0 directory that are used to manage the Database Connector as services on *nix and Windows operating systems: These files should be run as an administrator.

      • Install-Service.bat - installs the Database Connector on a Windows system as a service named frevvo Database Connector.

      • Uninstall-service.bat - uninstalls the frevvo Database Connector on a Windows operating system

      • Start-DB Connector-Service.bat - starts the frevvo Database Connector on a Windows operating system

      • Start-DBConnector.sh - starts the frevvo Database Connector as a *nix console instance.

      • Restart-DBConnector-Service.bat - restarts the frevvo Database Connector on a Windows operating system

      • Restart-DBConnector.sh - restarts the frevvo Database Connector as a *nix console instance.

      • Stop-DBConnector-Service.bat - stops the frevvo Database Connector on a Windows operating system.

      • Stop-DbConnector.sh - stops the frevvo Database Connector *nix console instance.

  6. Browse the http://localhost:8081/database/status page

  7. Verify that query validation page is loaded with status Passed and is pointing to your custom configuration.xml file.

Database Connector FAQ

What is a database URL?

A database URL is a Universal Resource Locator (URL) that specifies a particular type of database server compatible with the JDBC driver you installed. In addition you can also specify the database name to use for the connection.

The format for the database URL is database driver specific. For example,  the correct format for a MySQL database is:

jdbc:mysql://[host][:port optional]/[database name]

Check with your database administrator or the documentation for your database drive for details on the correct database URL format.

Can I add other parameters to the database URL?

You can add other parameters to the URL. For example, it is recommended that you add the useServerPrepStmts=true parameter to the database connection URL if you are using MySQL as your external database. This property improves the queryset/query validation if a column or table is missing. With this parameter in place, the MySQL driver reports a warning that the table or column doesn't exist.

How do I define datasources on the container level?

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..  
 

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 <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\context.xml.default,

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

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

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

How do I Disable QuerySet/Query?

When you are developing your integration, you might want to disable a particular queryset/query so you can focus on the one you are troubleshooting. QuerySets/queries can be disabled in one of two ways:

  1. Add the enabled= attribute with a value of false to the <querySet/> or individual <query> elements in the configuration.xml file to completely disable it.

    <dbconnector>
  <querySet name="BIRT" enabled="false" ...>

  2. The same can be done by adding the enabled property with a value of false as shown below to the dbconnector.properties(standalone bundle) or frevvo-config.properties (tomcat bundle).  

    dbconnector.querySet@<queryset name>.enabled=false

    This property disables all querysets. Add it to the dbconnector.properties(standalone bundle) or frevvo-config.properties (tomcat bundle). 

    dbconnector.querySet.enabled=false

 

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