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Tasneem K
266 PointsUnable to see the tables created in the H2 console
I am unable to see the tables created in the H2 console. Dont know if they are created at the right jdbc url. When i downloaded the starter project I saw the url as this: giflib.db.url = jdbc:h2:mem:giflib
My data folder is at the following location: E:\giflib-hibernate-master\data
So what should be my url?
2 Answers
Robert Goddard
15,019 PointsAfter pulling my hair out over this one, I figured it out. I assumed the ~ represented the "*nix" version of home, which it does; but it also works in windows. So my database is in c:\Users\rob\IdeaProjects\giflib-hibernate\data\giflib . Thus here is what the app.properties line should look like lib.db.url = jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/IdeaProjects/giflib-hibernate/data/giflib ... I queried what java considered my "home (~)" directory by writting a tiny program that does this:
psvm { System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.home")); }
this'll at least tell you where the ~ is starting from... I think. Mine happened to be C:\Users\rob
Maira Kotsovoulou
2,146 PointsIn your db url if you add two slashes after localhost, for example jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost//IdeaProjects/GifLib/data/giflib , you can refer to an absolute path in your disk and not under your home directory!