How to configure p6spy for mssql server with hibernate? - sql-server

Question

In our web application we are using spring, hibernate & sql server 2016 as db. We are using jndi to connect to the database. To record all the queries executed by hibernate I am trying to implement the p6spy.
Here are the changes I have made.
Changed the resource information from
<Resource name="jdbc/eportalcore" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
driverClassName="com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"
url="jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=eportal-core;"
username="eportaldbadmin"
password="P#ssw0rd"
maxTotal="100"
maxIdle="20"
minIdle="5"
maxWaitMillis="10000" />
to
<Resource name="jdbc/eportalcore" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
driverClassName="com.p6spy.engine.spy.P6SpyDriver"
url="jdbc:p6spy:sqlserver://localhost:1433/eportal-core"
username="eportaldbadmin"
password="P#ssw0rd"
maxTotal="100"
maxIdle="20"
minIdle="5"
maxWaitMillis="10000" />
and added the spy.properties file under lib folder of tomcat directory. Also I have placed the p6spy-3.0.0.jar too inside the lib folder.
But after this my application is not getting connected to the DB. What mistake I am doing here? If I remove this changes then it is working fine.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I had the same question and here is what I did to make it work. Note my Database connection properties are in a property file (shouldn't be an issue) and that I use tomcat as an Application Server. You can also add P6Spy as a Maven dependency in your project.
Before :
db.properties
db.driver=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
db.url=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://${db.server}/${db.name};useNTLMv2=true;domain=XX
After :
Download(latest version when writing this response) the project. Put the p6spy-3.7.0.jar and spy.properties in the tomcat/lib folder. Change the spy.properties and application properties as noted under. Restart application and you should find a spy.log where your logs are printed normally.
db.properties
db.driver=com.p6spy.engine.spy.P6SpyDriver
db.url=jdbc:p6spy:jtds:sqlserver://${db.server}/${db.name};useNTLMv2=true;domain=XX
spy.properties
driverlist=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver