switching default installation to mysql

[tiendoan]

I am trying to switch the default installation to mysql.  Per the instruction in README_mysql.txt file, I deleted the 3 files

custom-db-and-data-context.xml
custom-db-connection.properties
custom-hibernate-dialect.properties

but on invoking alf_start.sh, i keep getting "the requested resource is not available". 

I have also copied the mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar file to the WEB-INF/lib directory.

Is there something else I am missing?

Thanks

[rivetlogic]

Hi,

I am trying to switch the default installation to mysql.  Per the instruction in README_mysql.txt file, I deleted the 3 files

custom-db-and-data-context.xml
custom-db-connection.properties
custom-hibernate-dialect.properties

You're not supposed to delete those files. You should rename them by removing the .sample and editing them based on your mysql installation.

Hope this helps,

–Aladdin

[tiendoan]

Hi RivetLogic

Believe me, those are the instructions in the README_mysql.txt file ?!?  I didn't believe the instructions at first so I did what I thought common sense would dictate, which is modify those files to use mysql, exactly as you suggested.  Well, that didn't work so I went ahead and deleted them per the instructions and that didn't work either. 

And that is how ended up here, asking this question ….

Thanks for answering; do you have other suggestions, e.g., log files where i can look to see what failed?

[lnagra]

I've done this before and got it to work without much difficulty.
Could you post the entire error and/or exception stack trace as that might throw up some ideas.

Thanks,

[rivetlogic]

Hi,

Try posting a brief description of your environment and the contents of

custom-db-and-data-context.xml
custom-db-connection.properties
custom-hibernate-dialect.properties

Also make sure you put those files in the right location (i.e. on your app server's classpath:/alfresco/extension)

Cheers,

–Aladdin