Download the JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server
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Visit the MSDN site for SQL Server and download the latest version of the JDBC driver for your operating system.
Unzip the package
Open a command prompt and switch into the expanded directory where the
jar
file is located.Execute the following command. Be sure to modify the
jar
file name and version as necessary:
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=sqljdbc4.jar -Dpackaging=jar -DgroupId=com.microsoft.sqlserver -DartifactId=sqljdbc4 -Dversion=4.0
You should see something similar to this:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install-file (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Installing /Users/claude/installers/JDBC/sqljdbc_4.0/enu/sqljdbc4.jar to /Users/claude/.m2/repository/com/microsoft/sqlserver/sqljdbc4/4.0/sqljdbc4-4.0.jar
[INFO] Installing /var/folders/c6/q1bdtq557kv54783p1g6cbsw0000gp/T/mvninstall1874482299687761721.pom to /Users/claude/.m2/repository/com/microsoft/sqlserver/sqljdbc4/4.0/sqljdbc4-4.0.pom
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1.208s
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Mar 13 14:07:31 EDT 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/81M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modify your POM
Include the new dependency by modifying your project’s pom.xml
. Add the following dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId>
<version>4.0</version>
</dependency>
Save the pom.xml
file and build the project to make sure no errors exist.