On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Peter Robinett <pe...@bubblefoundry.com>wrote:
>
> Thanks, David, that works perfectly. Just for clarification, is the
> XML format of Java properties files not supported in Lift?
The current 1.1-SNAPSHOT does support Java's XML properties format, but the
naming of the file must be user.props or user.hostname.props or
user.runmode.props or user.hostname.runmode.props in order to be found.
>
>
> 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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