connectors/jdbc/jdbc-drivers/README.txt

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The jdbc connector can, in theory, work with any JDBC driver that has been
added into the list it knows about.  The code as granted knows about the following:

Mssql/Sybase (via open-source jtds)
Postgresql (via an appropriate open-source postgresql JDBC driver)
Oracle (via a proprietary, but freely downloadable Oracle JDBC driver)

The connector was tested against the following versions of the above:

Oracle: oracle ojdbc5 jdk1.5 and ojdbc6 jdk1.6
Jtds: version 1.2.2, downloadable from SourceForge
Postgresql: the debian postgresql driver package for postgresql 8.3.7, aka libpg-java, version 8.2-504-2.

None of these required custom changes.

To build this connector with Oracle support, copy the Oracle JDBC
driver into the root "lib-proprietary" directory, calling it "ojdbc.jar", before building.
To build with Mssql/Sybase, copy a version of the jtds driver into that same directory,
and call it "jtds.jar".  DO NOT COPY JDBC DRIVERS TO THIS DIRECTORY;
they will not be picked up by ManifoldCF.

Then, build the connector using the normal ant build script.  Further information can be
found on the "how-to-build-and-deploy.html" documentation page.