Setting up maven dependency for SQL Server - sql-server

Question

I am developing a portlet where I have Hibernate access to SQL Server database. I set up maven dependencies for it and try to find out SQL Server connector on the same way I know MySql has it.
Still my Google-search gives only Mysql if I search for SQL Server connector. What is the right maven dependency value?

Answer 1

Download the driver JAR from the link provided by Olaf and add it to your local Maven repository with;
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=sqljdbc4.jar -DgroupId=com.microsoft.sqlserver -DartifactId=sqljdbc4 -Dversion=4.0 -Dpackaging=jar
Then add it to your project with;
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId>
<version>4.0</version>
</dependency>

Answer 2

Answer for the "new" and "cool" Microsoft.
Yay, SQL Server driver now under MIT license on
GitHub: https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc
Maven Central: http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cmssql-jdbc
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>6.1.0.jre8</version>
</dependency>
Answer for the "old" Microsoft:
For my use-case (integration testing) it was sufficient to use a system scope for the JDBC driver's dependency as such:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/sqljdbc4.jar</systemPath>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
That way, I could put the JDBC driver into local version control. No need to have each developer manually set stuff up in their own repositories.
I took inspiration from this answer to another Stack Overflow question and I've also blogged about it here.

Answer 3

There is also an alternative: you could use the open-source jTDS driver for MS-SQL Server, which is compatible although not made by Microsoft.
For that driver, there is a maven artifact that you can use:
http://jtds.sourceforge.net/
From http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.jtds/jtds :
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jtds</groupId>
<artifactId>jtds</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>
UPDATE nov 2016, Microsoft now published its MSSQL JDBC driver on github and it's also available on maven now:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>6.1.0.jre8</version>
</dependency>

Answer 4

I believe you are looking for the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/aa937724

Answer 5

Be careful with the answers above. sqljdbc4.jar is not distributed with under a public license which is why it is difficult to include it in a jar for runtime and distribution. See my answer below for more details and a much better solution. Your life will become much easier as mine did once I found this answer.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/30111956/3368958

Answer 6

Even after installing the sqlserver jar, my maven was trying to fetch the dependecy from maven repository. I then, provided my pom the repository of my local machine and it works fine after that...might be of help for someone.
<repository>
<id>local</id>
<name>local</name>
<url>file://C:/Users/mywindows/.m2/repository</url>
</repository>

Answer 7

<dependency>
<groupId>com.hynnet</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc4-chs</artifactId>
<version>4.0.2206.100</version>
</dependency>
This worked for me(if you use maven)
https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.hynnet/sqljdbc4-chs/4.0.2206.100/jar

Answer 8

It looks like Microsoft has published some their drivers to maven central:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>6.1.0.jre8</version>
</dependency>