Thanks, David, that works perfectly. Just for clarification, is the
XML format of Java properties files not supported in Lift?
Peter
On Jun 18, 9:15 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> If your username is peter, put a file in src/main/resources/props named
> peter.props
> In that file, place the following lines:
>
> db.driver=*the_name_name_of_your_driver*
> db.url=*the_url_to_access_your_database*
> db.user=*the_username*
> db.password=*the_db_password*
> test.me=true
>
> **
> **
>
> Add the following line to Boot.scala:
>
> println(Props.get("test.me")
>
> When you run your app Full(true) should appear on the console and the
> correct db settings should be picked up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> **
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Peter Robinett
> <pe...@bubblefoundry.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I'm looking to switch a basic Lift install to use MySQL. I see that
> > this has been addressed on the wiki (http://wiki.liftweb.net/index.php/
> > HowTo_configure_lift_with_MySQL), though it involves hardcoding the
> > connection details in Boot.scala. I'd like something easier to deploy
> > to various machines.
>
> > The thread following Jörn's announcement of the wiki page on MySQL is
> > useful (http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/
> > bd4e74b68e8aa2a9/9eb2c2ef39442d63) but none of them mention using
> > properties files, which I understand from this mailing list (e.g.
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/49eb17b5d...
> > )
> > is the best way store database settings.
>
> > So, I created src/main/resources/props/peter.db.xml:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd";>
> > <properties>
> > <comment></comment>
> > <entry key="db.driver">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</entry>
> > <entry key="db.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydb</entry>
> > <entry key="db.user">myusername</entry>
> > <entry key="db.password">mypassword</entry>
> > </properties>
>
> > Unfortunately, the property file does appear to be loaded, as the
> > DBVendor code in Boot.scala generated by the lift-archetype-basic
> > archetype falls back to its derby defaults. Do you have any idea what
> > I'm doing wrong? Not having any experience with Java, I wouldn't be
> > surprised if it's something as simple as getting the properties XML
> > wrong...
>
> > Thanks for your help!
>
> > Peter
>
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