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Quick guides







Define MySQL 3.23 service in JBoss 3.0.4 with Jetty



Information
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Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2

Software prerequisites
JBoss version 3.0.4 with Jetty
MySQL version 3.23
MySQL Connector/J 2.0.14

Procedure
  1. Create a database and tables. If you do not know how to do so, see Quick installation guide: Create database and tables.

  2. Copy ..\jboss-3.0.4\docs\examples\jca\mysql-service.xml into ..\jboss-3.0.4\server\default\deploy

  3. Edit file ..\jboss-3.0.4\server\default\deploy\mysql-service.xml:
    • JndiName: set the jndi name to "MySqlDS".
    • ConnectionURL: set your host and database name (e.g. host is "localhost" and database name is "mobilefishdb"). The portnumber is 3306. You can verify this by entering command:
      C:\..\mysql\bin>mysqladmin version (MySQL must be started first).
    • DriverClass: set the MySQL JDBC driver name "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"
      (See mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar).
    • UserName: set your database username (e.g. "root").
    • Password: set your password (e.g. "mysecret").



    <attribute name="JndiName">MySqlDS</attribute>
    <attribute name="ManagedConnectionFactoryProperties">
      <properties>
        <config-property name="ConnectionURL" type="java.lang.String">
          jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mobilefishdb
        </config-property>
        <config-property name="DriverClass" type="java.lang.String">
          org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
        </config-property>
        <config-property name="UserName" type="java.lang.String">
          root
        </config-property>
        <config-property name="Password" type="java.lang.String">
          mysecret
        </config-property>
      </properties>
    </attribute>

  4. Edit file: ..\jboss-3.0.4\server\default\conf\standardjbosscmp-jdbc.xml
    • Change "java:/DefaultDS" into "java:/MySqlDS"
      Note: This is the jndi name you previously set.
    • Change "Hypersonic SQL" into "mySQL"
      Note: Both are type-mappings defined below in the file.

    <datasource>java:/MySqlDS</datasource>
    <datasource-mapping>mySQL</datasource-mapping>

  5. [Optional] You can override the values you specified in the standardjbosscmp-jdbc.xml, by the jbosscmp-jdbc.xml file which each EJB jar will have.
    An example of such a file can be found at:
    ..\jboss-3.0.4\cmp2\src\resources\ejb-jar\META-INF\jbosscmp-jdbc.xml