People using MySQL might also want to consider putting their database connection information in a props file. See http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/763cbe16259ce3ea.
Perhaps something to add to the wiki? Peter On Jun 23, 12:48 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rog, > > Thanks for pointing to this old wiki page. I've changed Can -> Box. I've > updated the wiki. > > And, yes, it should work. > > Thanks, > > David > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Rogelio <rogbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I'm new to Lift so forgive me if this is old news -- I did not see > > this info in a search of the > > group archive. > > > I've been trying to get Lift to work with MySQL following the > > instructions on the > > wiki: http://wiki.liftweb.net/index.php/HowTo_configure_lift_with_MySQL > > > I kept getting an error that "Can" was an unresolved symbol in line 2 > > of this section of code: > > > <code> > > object DBVendor extends ConnectionManager { > > def newConnection(name: ConnectionIdentifier): Can[Connection] = { > > try { > > Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver") > > val dm = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/name- > > of-your-database?user=root&password=mysql-password") > > Full(dm) > > } catch { > > case e : Exception => e.printStackTrace; Empty > > } > > } > > def releaseConnection(conn: Connection) {conn.close} > > } > > </code> > > > I found that if I replaced the word "Can" with "Box" (ie Box > > [Connection]), then I was able to > > get the wiki instructions to work. I also has to preface the two > > import statement in the > > wiki with "_root_." So far it appears to work, but others with more > > experience may want > > to weigh in. > > > Thanks, > > Rog > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some:http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
