[teiid-users] version 7.0 stand alone server configuration

[Charles Simon]

I forgot to mention that my connector has to use the "Dynamic VDB" with 
connector supplied Meta data.  Will this this be any easier to setup?  I 
did notice the article that said the DVDB file must have a name 
???-vdb.xml, but did not find any specifics on what that files should 
contain.  Is it the same format as the 6.2 .def file?

I ask this because I had a problem that I ran into while developing with 
the 6.2 CDK.  It did not support the ability to have connection specific 
Meta data.  It always used the Meta data the TranslationUtility was 
created with to parse the SQL command and the TranslationUtility had to 
be created before the ConnectorHost was created, which is needed to 
create a connection.

I need to control the Meta data my connector gives to Teiid based on a 
connection's userid and password.  Is there a way to do that?


Ramesh Reddy wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 16:56 -0400, Charles Simon wrote:
>    
>> Should I be developing a JCA connector that gets added to Teiid or is
>> Teiid the JCA connector and I still need to be developing using the
>> Teiid connector API?
>>      
> Teiid Connector API extends the JCA API. The Teiid runtime uses the
> Connector API to communicate with the Teiid Connector. But at the same
> time
>
> Teiid Connector *is a* JCA connector.
>
> Here Teiid provides rest of the hooks *to be* a JCA Connector. It needs
> to be JCA connector to live in a Container like JBoss AS, so that Teiid
> can make use of data sources, connection pooling, security etc.
>
> So, you can keep developing your connector as before. However, before
> you can move your connector to 7.0 release you need to
>
> 1) update it with latest Connector API from 7.0. One major difference
> here is how you define/read configuration properties.
> 2) it needs be packaged differently. This requires RAR file format.
> 3) deployed in the environment differently. It is exactly like defining
> a Connection Factory/Data Source in JBoss AS.
>
> We are also in process of developing a Eclipse plugin for connector
> development, we will have a version of it before 7.0 final release.
>
>
> Ramesh..
>
>    

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Charles Simon
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Select Business Solutions, Inc.
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