Hi,

Can someone give me a hint as to how I can bypass the auto-db connect when my app starts up? (Using cp30 pooling)

The scenario is this:
* The app is being started for the 1st time (installed), and a setup wizard collects db connection details.

* After the connection properties are loaded, THEN I want the app to connect to the db.

Any ideas?
Thanks very much...
Stan

I guess it cannot be done because the Spring JPA needs the jdbc details to build a Hibernate entity manager at spring context init time.

My workaround: re-write the jdbc.properties file in the class path every time the app starts up, using connecting details copied from a remote property (xml) file which is user configurable.

The 1st time the app starts, it can connect to an embedded demo db, have the db connect details configured by a install-wizard, then restart and connect to the production db.

I would have liked to have the app start with no db connection, but it doesn't seem possible with spring jpa + hibernate, where I have the datasource & entity mgr configured in xml.