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title: "How do you configure your database driver in spring?"  
description: "How do you configure your database driver in spring?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-07-23  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1111/how-do-you-configure-your-database-driver-in-spring  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do you configure your database driver in spring?

Using datasource "org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource".\

Example:\

<bean id="ds" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">\
<property name="driverClassName">\
<value>org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</value>\
</property>\
<property name="url">\
<value>jdbc:hsqldb:db/appfuse</value>\
</property>\
<property name="username"><value>abc</value></property>\
<property name="password"><value>xyz</value></property>\
</bean>\

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Using datasource "org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource".\

Example:\

<bean id="ds" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">\
<property name="driverClassName">\
<value>org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</value>\
</property>\
<property name="url">\
<value>jdbc:hsqldb:db/appfuse</value>\
</property>\
<property name="username"><value>abc</value></property>\
<property name="password"><value>xyz</value></property>\
</bean>\


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