I just have learned about IBM Worklight, and I was wondering of how to set up and configure MySQL database. I've set Worklight Adapter, but, I have no clue of how to make database with MySQL.
You should go through the IBM Worklight Getting Started training materials to properly familiarize yourself with IBM Worklight.
The steps to make a Worklight project work in conjunction with MySQL are as follows.
The Database:
Download and install MySQL (v5.1 or v5.5)
Download the MySQL Connector/J driver and keep it at the side for now
Download and install some software to interface with it. I recommend the Community edition of SQLYog.
Using SQLyog, create a new Database "Worklight"
Using SQLyog, create a new user "Worklight" (password "Worklight")
Worklight:
Download Eclipse Java EE 4.2.2 ("Juno" SR2)
Install Worklight Studio (the IBM Worklight Developer Edition Eclipse plug-in. You can search for it via Eclipse >> Help >> Marketplace >> "worklight")
Create a new project
In your project, place the Connector/J driver in yourProject\server\lib
In your project, open the worklight.properties file located at yourProject\server\conf and search for "mysql". Uncomment the following properties. Also edit them with the database, username and password values from above:
wl.db.type=MYSQL
wl.db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Worklight
wl.db.username=Worklight
wl.db.password=Worklight
If you now right-click the projcet and choose "Start Worklight Server", the server should launch successfully; if not, you did something wrong. :)
If the above works for you, you can now follow the MySQL adapter training module - follow the steps, and make sure to also configure the adapter XML with the database properties as requested in page 8.
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I am new to IBM Worklight,and i found a way to connect to the MySQL using the SQL adapter.
the configuration as below:
<dataSourceDefinition>
<driverClass>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClass>
<url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/worklight_training</url>
<user>Worklight</user>
<password>Worklight</password>
</dataSourceDefinition>
Since the adapter are compile together with the app, just wondering, is it safe? is there a possibility of someone decompiling my apk or ipa to view the adapter connection thus acquire the user and password to my mysql database.
A hacker decompiling your .apk or .ipa file will not find the database username/password there, for the simple reason that the adapter is not compiled "together with the app" and is not part of any artifacts that you install in a device.
An adapter is a server-side entity, not client-side.
The adapter is an object stored in the memory of the running application server.
Adapters are Server side code andare not part of the apk or ipa files.
You can check/confirm this information in Worklight documentation. The details about adapters, under "Developing the server side of a Worklight Application" are at:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.dev.doc/devref/c_overview_of_ibm_worklight_adap.html
You can also check the Server Side Development of MobileFirst Platform Getting Started Modules
https://developer.ibm.com/mobilefirstplatform/documentation/getting-started-6-3/server-side-development/
(MobileFirst Platform is the new name of Worklight)
In worklight, you usually have the application (apk/ipa) communicating with a server side component (the adapters) running in a worklight server. The adapters are used to communicate with backend systems (like a mysql server). There are a few different types of adapters to communicate with different types of backends (like sql, http and SAP)
Please, let us know what documentation/guide caused you the understanding that adapters are part of the client apk/ipa. If that is really stated in any documentation, it is wrong and must be corrected.
Edit:
To connect to a MySQL DB (no matter if it is a standalone MySQL or in XAMP, LAMP or whatever package) you can follow this geting started tutorial
https://developer.ibm.com/mobilefirstplatform/documentation/getting-started-6-3/server-side-development/sql-adapter-communicating-sql-database/
Also note that, if you are using MobileFirst Studio (previously Worklight Studio) downloaded for free from Developer Works you have a developer version of the WOrklight Server running inside Studio so that you can create and deploy adapters and use it during development as your server. But when you go to production you are required to purchase licenses of Worklight because you don't have the worklight server available for free.
So if you have Studio, you have the server available but only for development purposes.
I have just installed the MySQL community Server 5.6 in my Windows 7 laptop using the msi installer.
Now I want to integrate the server into my Netbeans 7 IDE.
From the Netbeans tutorials
here ,
there is a field in the admin property dialogue box that requires the Path/URL to Admin tool.
But looks like I am unable to find the admin tool.
From this tutorials ,
it is stated that the admin tool is included in the MySQL GUI Tools bundle.
However , from this
page
it's been mentioned that the MySQL GUI Tool bundle is replaced by the MySQL WorkBench.
But i'm still not able to get the Admin tool from the MySQL Workbench.
Can someone help me find the admin tool or is there another way to do the integration?
Finally got the location of the Admin tool for the MySQL Workbench. The solution was presented in this article
This URL below gives the general location in the admin tool in the Workbench folder
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench CE 5.2.47\MySQLWorkbench.exe
Filling the Path/URL to Admin tool with the above file does work for me hope, it works for you too.
I have installed Worklight Server and with DB2 database, and now I try to migrate an application that has a MySQL database which is obviously not working. Is there any workaround? Do I have to use an adapter to interface the DB2 and MySQL?
A database usually requires a connector driver in order to interface with it.
Had you used the IBM Installation Manager to install Worklight with DB2 database (available to IBM Worklight customers, are you one?), it would require you to supply such a driver, so I will assume - since you did not provide any information on your environment setup - that you are using the Development Edition (Eclipse + Worklight Studio plug-in).
In this case you need to edit the worklight.properties file (can be found in Eclipse under yourProject\server\conf).
Change the database type to DB2 (ucomment it) and supply the required information based on your environment.
The DB2 connector can be download through this page. Get the correct version for your installation of DB2.
Place the driver in the lib folder (can be found in Eclipse under yourProject\server).
If you are in fact using Liberty or WebSphere, see this troubleshooting section with installation instructions for DB2 and more.
What is the best practice for creating an installer for a winform application.
The application is supposed to install the following without connecting to internet.
.Net Framework 3.5sp1
MySQL Server
My SQL Connector
Restore Mysql db
Update Config file with the MySQL uname/pwd.
I have all the msi files for installing the above mentioned items. But am wondering about the best practice to create the installer.
Thanks in advance,
Hi I came up with a similar situation. Firstly you should have .NET framework offline installer which can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=992cffcb-f8ce-41d9-8bd6-31f3e216285c. I assume you are using visual studio installer. There are couple of choices but I prefer to copy the offline .NET installer to the setup projects output directory and from requirements on target machine tab I set the install URL property of .NET framework the exact name of offline setup file. As described in the figure.
So the installer does not try to connect to a remote computer to download .NET framework and install it however I think it is more appropriate that it connects to a Microsoft server and installs it. Anyways the next step is to configure the MySQL server. MySQL is really generous for me since they support a fully documented noinstall files. You can find the document here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/windows-install-archive.html
Using a noinstall zip archive you can copy the dbengine core files to any folder on the clint machine. And change the configuration parameters of MySQL. You can name the MySQL service anything you want. Start the the service and create tables. You can do all of this stuff from custom actions tab of the setup project choosing the appropriate script files or you can write code for it. The beautiful thing is that your customer does not need to know that he/she is installing a database engine on the target machine. I hope this helps. Thanks.
I am trying to use the crystal reports application in ubuntu. So far i was able to connect the MYSQL database using c# in .net platform and run a small application in ubuntu over crossover linux.
But when i try to fetch the data from mysql database and display in crystal reports i get an error as shown in the below picture:
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This thread is an extension of the below thread.
Can't connect to MySQL for .NET application deployed in Wine using Ubuntu
The WineHQ db claims that it will run. However, if you do intend to target the Linux and Windows platforms, I would suggest a more cross platform compatible library.
I got the answer by my own after doing a small research.
The error was due the licensing problem of visual studio .net 2005. The following packages had to be configured in Merge Reports (i.e C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules)
Crystal_Managed2003.msm
Crystal_Database_Access2003.msm
Crystal_Database_Access2003_enu.msm
Crystal_regwiz2003.msm
And then we need to enter the license key while deploying the application correctly.
Later the following packages would be installed automatically when we run the deployed .net application in ubuntu linux
Refer screenshot below