updates to jdbc documentation for 7.2

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<chapter id="jdbc">
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<note>
<title>Author</title>
<para>
Written by Peter T. Mount (<email>peter@retep.org.uk</email>), the
author of the <acronym>JDBC</acronym> driver.
Originally written by Peter T. Mount (<email>peter@retep.org.uk</email>),
the original author of the <acronym>JDBC</acronym> driver.
</para>
</note>
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<title>Setting up the <acronym>JDBC</acronym> Driver</title>
<sect2 id="jdbc-build">
<title>Building the Driver</title>
<title>Getting the Driver</title>
<para>
Precompiled versions of the driver are regularly made available on
Precompiled versions of the driver can be downloaded from
the <ulink
url="http://jdbc.postgresql.org"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
<acronym>JDBC</acronym> web site</ulink>. Here we describe how to
build the driver manually.
<acronym>JDBC</acronym> web site</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Alternatively you can build the driver from source. Although you
should only need to do this if you are making changes to the source
code.
</para>
<para>
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</para>
<para>
The build the driver, add the <option>--with-java</option> option to your
To build the driver, add the <option>--with-java</option> option to your
<filename>configure</filename> command line, e.g.,
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>./configure --prefix=<replaceable>xxx</replaceable> --with-java ...</userinput>
</screen>
This will build and install the driver along with the rest of the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> package when you issue the
<literal>gmake</literal> and <literal>gmake install</literal>
<literal>make/gmake</literal> and <literal>make/gmake install</literal>
commands. If you only want to build the driver and not the rest
of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, change into the
directory <filename
class="directory">src/interfaces/jdbc</filename> and issue the
respective <literal>make</literal> command there. Refer to the
respective <literal>make/gmake</literal> command there. Refer to the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> installation instructions
for more information about the configuration and build process.
</para>
<para>When building the driver from source the jar file that is created
will be named <filename>postgresql.jar</filename>. The build will
create this file in the <filename>src/interfaces/jdbc/jars</filename>
directory. The resulting driver will be built for the version of
Java you are running. If you build with a 1.1 JDK you will build
a version that supports the jdbc1 specification, if you build with a
Java2 JDK (i.e. JDK1.2 or JDK1.3) you will build a version that
supports the jdbc2 specification.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Do not try to build by calling <command>javac</command> directly,
as the driver uses some dynamic loading techniques for
Do not try to build the driver by calling <command>javac</command>
directly, as the driver uses some dynamic loading techniques for
performance reasons, and <command>javac</command> cannot cope.
Do not try to run <command>ant</command> directly either, because
some configuration information is communicated through the
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<title>Setting up the Class Path</title>
<para>
To use the driver, the jar archive
<filename>postgresql.jar</filename> needs to be included in the
To use the driver, the jar archive (named
<filename>postgresql.jar</filename> if you built from source, otherwise
it will likely be named <filename>jdbc7.2-1.1.jar</filename> or
<filename>jdbc7.2-1.2.jar</filename> for the jdbc1 and jdbc2 versions
respectively)
needs to be included in the
class path, either by putting it in the <envar>CLASSPATH</envar>
environment variable, or by using flags on the
<command>java</command> command line. By default, the jar archive
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class="directory">/usr/local/pgsql/share/java</filename>. You may
have it in a different directory if you used the
<option>--prefix</option> option when you ran
<filename>configure</filename>.
<filename>configure</filename>, or if you are using a binary distribution
that places it in some different location.
</para>
<informalexample>
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<acronym>JDBC</acronym> driver installed in the <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> directory, and the
Java <acronym>JDK</acronym> installed in
<filename>/usr/local/jdk1.1.6</filename>. To run the
<filename>/usr/local/jdk1.3.1</filename>. To run the
application, I would use:
<programlisting>
export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/lib/finder.jar<co id="co.jdbc-finder">:/usr/local/pgsql/share/java/postgresql.jar:.
java uk.org.retep.finder.Main
java Finder
</programlisting>
<calloutlist>
<callout arearefs="co.jdbc-finder">
<para>
<filename>finder.jar</filename> contains my application.
<filename>finder.jar</filename> contains the Finder application.
</para>
</callout>
</calloutlist>
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<title>Preparing the Database for <acronym>JDBC</acronym></title>
<para>
Because Java can only use TCP/IP connections, the
<application>Postgres</application> server must be configured to
accept TCP/IP connections, for instance by supplying the
<option>-i</option> option flag when starting the
Because Java only uses TCP/IP connections, the
<application>PostgreSQL</application> server must be configured to
accept TCP/IP connections. This can be done by setting
<literal>tcpip_socket = true</literal> in the
<filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or by supplying the
<option>-i</option> option flag when starting
<command>postmaster</command>.
</para>
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<filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> file may need to be configured.
Refer to the <citetitle>Administrator's Guide</citetitle> for
details. The <acronym>JDBC</acronym> Driver supports trust,
ident, password, and md5, crypt authentication methods.
ident, password, md5, and crypt authentication methods.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>