Work Day 48: My new toy!

I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned it, but back when I was frantically trying to make ClaimCenter 9.0.7 work on my local machine, one of the things I had to do was to hook up my database. As I was adding in the drive path into the configuration file and the h2 jar file, I discovered something wonderful. To test the database connection, one clicks on the h2 jar file, and then clicks “Test Connection.” If “Test Successful” pops up, then you’re good. Now, you’d hit “Connect.” WELL…when I did this, a SQL window popped up, with all the data files listed, such as you’d see for the test and production Oracle environments in Oracle SQL. For hoo-has, I experimented and plugged in one of my production queries, minus the “gwcc” prefix, and IT WORKED! I now have a way other than the Gosu Scratchpad to query my local database to see what it contains! I proceeded to try all my queries and they all worked. The only ones that don’t are the integration ones, as that information wouldn’t be under this schema.

Speaking of integration, I found out that our integration repository for March won’t be out until next week. In the meantime, I’ve still been trying to familiarize myself with Spring Batch. One of my coworkers, who deserves a medal in sainthood, was trying to show me how to create JTests for my integration code change…he was saved by his ride arriving to pick him up. While it was somewhat confusing, I think I got the gist of what he was showing me, so I’m going to continue on with it tomorrow.

Author: WildKnitter

By day I work for a large insurance company. By night and the rest of my life, I share my life with a spouse, a bossy cat, four step-children, and many, many grandchildren. Also, of course, my mad passion is my knitting and crocheting. My latest adventure is something called Coding Bootcamp!