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Updated README with better examples and driver parameter

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Christopher Ramey 12 years ago
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First, create your properties file. JDBCJSON breaks properties down
by jobs. Each job has three parameters, url, sql and out. url is
the JDBC connection URL. sql is the SQL statement executed whose result
is used to generate the JSON. out is the path for resulting JSON. Take
the following example:
mytable.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mydb
mytable.sql = SELECT * FROM mytable
mytable.out = mytable.json
This properties file will create a job called "mytable" that will query
a postgresql database on localhost, selecting all the columns from
mytable, and output the result to mytable.json. Multiple jobs may be
by jobs. Each job has four parameters: `driver`, `url`, `sql`, and `out`.
`driver` is an optional parameter for specifying the driver class to be
registered. `driver` is only required for non-JDBC4 drivers. JDBC4 drivers
should self register. `url` is the JDBC connection URL (see your driver
documentation for more details.) `sql` is the SQL statement executed
whose result is used to generate the JSON. `out` is the path for
resulting JSON. Take the following example:
people.driver = net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
people.url = jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://myserver/db;user=sa;password=sa
people.sql = SELECT * FROM people
people.out = people.json
This properties file will create a job called _people_ that will query
a SQL Server database on localhost, selecting all the columns from
_people_, and output the result to _people.json_. Multiple jobs may be
specified in a single properties file.
@ -31,21 +35,21 @@ the first time you run a new properties file against JDBC. The debug
switch will give you additional warnings about things like unsupported
fields (BLOBs, for example.)
java -jar jdbcjson.jar -d mytable.properties
java -jar jdbcjson.jar -d people.properties
advanced usage
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Only the url parameter of a properties file is required. The other two
properties have default values, based on the job name. The sql parameter
defaults to "SELECT * FROM <jobname>". The out parameter defaults to
"<jobname>.json". Thus,
Only the url parameter of a properties file is required. The `url` and `out`
properties have default values, based on the job name. The `sql` parameter
defaults to `SELECT * FROM <jobname>`. The `out` parameter defaults to
`<jobname>.json`. Thus:
mytable.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mydb
mytable.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mydb?user=postgres&password=postgres
Is the same as
Is the same as:
mytable.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mydb
mytable.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mydb?user=postgres&password=postgres
mytable.sql = SELECT * FROM mytable
mytable.out = mytable.json
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