Hi,
I consulted a bunch of the existing information regarding generating DDL without a db connection. I was able to successfully do this with 1.2 from the cmdline, but it still tries to get a connection when I execute from the ant task. Both are pointed at the same persistence.xml and I have not specified any db connection properties in the file. The output looks the same up until the very end when it tries to record the schema. Is this a known issue? CMDLINE C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\workspace2\JPQLPrototype>java -cp .;META -INF\;"C:\openjpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\..\openjpa-1.2.0.ja r;"C:\openjpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\commons-collections-3.2 .jar;"C:\openjpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\serp-1.13.1.jar;"C:\ openjpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\commons-lang-2.1.jar;"C:\open jpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\geronimo-jpa_3.0_spec-1.0.jar;"C: \openjpa\openjpa_binaries\apache-openjpa-1.2.0 \lib"\geronimo-jta_1.1_spec-1.1.ja r;"C:\openjpa\derbyjars"\derbytools.jar;"C:\openjpa \derbyjars"\derby.jar;"C:\ope njpa\derbyjars"\derbyclient.jar;"C:\openjpa \derbyjars"\derbynet.jar;"C:\openjpa\ derbyjars"\derbyrun.jar org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool -properties pe rsistence.xml#jpqlprototype -schemaAction build -sql create.sql -DBDictionary d erby ANT <!-- Call this target to generate DDL for your persistent classes.. Note that we may have to update this based on where we locate persistence.xml files --> <target name="generateddl"> <!-- define the mappingtool task --> <taskdef name="mappingtool" classname="org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.ant.MappingToolTask"> <classpath refid="jpa.tooling.classpath"/> </taskdef> <!-- invoke the mapping tool --> <mappingtool sqlFile="./create.sql" action="buildSchema">. <!-- This assumes the persistence.xml file is in the META-INF directory of the plugin. --> <config propertiesFile="./META-INF/persistence.xml" DBDictionary="derby" /> <classpath refid="jpa.tooling.classpath"/> </mappingtool> </target> Exception C:\persist1\BUILD\include\jpa_common_build.xml:86: <openjpa-1.2.0-r422266:683325 fatal user error> org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException: A JDBC Driver or DataS ource class name must be specified in the ConnectionDriverName property. at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException (Projec tHelper.java:539) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:384) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute (CallTarget.java:107) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute (UnknownElement.java:275)) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets (Project.java:1216)) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets (DefaultExe cutor.java:40). at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67) Caused by: C:\persist1\BUILD\include\jpa_common_build.xml:86: <openjpa-1.2.0-r42 2266:683325 fatal user error> org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException: A JDBC Driv er or DataSource class name must be specified in the ConnectionDriverName proper ty. at org.apache.openjpa.lib.ant.AbstractTask.execute (AbstractTask.java:176 ) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute (UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets (Project.java:1216) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets (Single CheckExecutor.java:37) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:382) ... 13 more Caused by: <openjpa-1.2.0-r422266:683325 fatal user error> org.apache.openjpa.ut il.UserException: A JDBC Driver or DataSource class name must be specified in th e ConnectionDriverName property. at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.DataSourceFactory.newDataSource (DataSo urceFactory.java:74) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.createConnectionFa ctory(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:784) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getConnectionFacto ry(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:691). at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getDataSource (JDBC ConfigurationImpl.java:790) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getDataSource2(JDB CConfigurationImpl.java:797) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.SchemaTool.<init> (SchemaTool.java:127) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.newSchemaTool (MappingTool.ja va:310) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.record (MappingTool.java:490) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.run (MappingTool.java:1075) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.ant.MappingToolTask.executeOn (MappingToolTask .java:205) at org.apache.openjpa.lib.ant.AbstractTask.execute (AbstractTask.java:172 ) ... 21 more --- Nested Exception --- C:\persist1\BUILD\include\jpa_common_build.xml:86: <openjpa-1.2.0-r422266:683325 fatal user error> org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException: A JDBC Driver or DataS ource class name must be specified in the ConnectionDriverName property. at org.apache.openjpa.lib.ant.AbstractTask.execute (AbstractTask.java:176 ) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute (UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets (Project.java:1216) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.SingleCheckExecutor.executeTargets (Single CheckExecutor.java:37) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:382) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget.execute (CallTarget.java:107) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute (UnknownElement.java:275)) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets (Project.java:1216)) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets (DefaultExe cutor.java:40). at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67) Caused by: <openjpa-1.2.0-r422266:683325 fatal user error> org.apache.openjpa.ut il.UserException: A JDBC Driver or DataSource class name must be specified in th e ConnectionDriverName property. at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.DataSourceFactory.newDataSource (DataSo urceFactory.java:74) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.createConnectionFa ctory(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:784) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getConnectionFacto ry(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:691). at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getDataSource (JDBC ConfigurationImpl.java:790) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getDataSource2(JDB CConfigurationImpl.java:797) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.SchemaTool.<init> (SchemaTool.java:127) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.newSchemaTool (MappingTool.ja va:310) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.record (MappingTool.java:490) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingTool.run (MappingTool.java:1075) at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.ant.MappingToolTask.executeOn (MappingToolTask .java:205) at org.apache.openjpa.lib.ant.AbstractTask.execute (AbstractTask.java:172 ) ... 21 more Heather Sterling Systems Management Development Phone: 919-254-7163 T/L: 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