PostgreSQL Adapter

PostgreSQL Adapter for NexJ

Project Goal

Develop an adapter to enable NexJ Express model to interact with PostgreSQL database

Contributors

• Grace Batumbya
• Minoo Ziaei
• Anastasia Semionova

Supported Versions

• 8.4
• 9.0

Current Status

• Phase 15: Code Review 4

Project Phases

Phase 1: Investigation (DONE)

• Get requirements from NexJ (Meeting on Friday Nov 5th)
• Walk-through the code
• Familiarization with PostgreSQL

Phase 2: Connect to PostgreSQL server (DONE)

• Connect to PostgreSQL server

Phase 3: PostgreSQLSchemaManager (DONE)

• Estimated Duration: 3 weeks (Jan 17 - Feb 11, 2011)
• Extending SQLSchemaManager

Phase 4: PostgreSQLAdapter (DONE)

• Estimated Duration: 3 weeks (Feb 14 - 25, 2011)
• Extending SQLAdapter

Phase 5: PostgreSQL UnitTests and Optimization (DONE)

• Estimated Duration: 2 weeks (Feb 28 - Mar 11, 2016)
• Add database specific tests fostr PostgreSQL

  test for required contrib scripts

  test for custom blob read & write functions

• Add PostgreSQL specific optimization

Phase 6: Megre Code with Latest Revision (DONE)

• Merge code with lastest revision from http://mercurial.nexj.com/express

Phase 7: Test with NexJ Express Studio (DONE)

• Estimated duration: Mar 7- Apr 14, 2011
• Run model in Express studio using the postgresql adapter
• create scripts for database initialization, creation and dumping
• create scripts for JBoss
• Deploy to JBoss

Phase 8: Code Review 1 - Meeting (DONE)

• Date: Apr 20,2011
• Meet with NexJ Developer to review code

Phase 9: Code Review 1 - Apply Changes (DONE)

• Estimated Duration: Apr 20, 2011 - July 1, 2011
• Changes to be made

Phase 10: Code Review 2 (DONE)

• Send code for review

Phase 11: Code Review 2 - Apply Changes (DONE)

• Estimated Duration: July 7, 2011 - July 15, 2011
• Changes to be made

Phase 12: Code Review 3 (DONE)

• Sent code for code review 3

Phase 13: Code Review 3 - Apply Changes (DONE)

• Upgrade to lastest 7.1 branch
• Create Statement and PreparedStatementProxy
• Create PostgreSQLPreparedStatementProxy:
  • implement set/getQueryTimeout
  • move custom timeout code into this proxy
• Override prepareStatement in PostgreSQL to return PostgreSQLPreparedStatementProxy
• Implement implicit save points for statements within a transaction block
• Modify readSchema to use addColumn for reading columns from the database
  • Remove MSSQL and Oracle specific code from addColumn
  • Override addColumn in PostgreSQL for text, bytea and lo types

Phase 14: Integration Tests (DONE)

• Run Integration tests against the Adapter

Phase 15: Code Review 4

• Code review with framework architect

Project Repository

• URL for central repository of the project is: https://bitbucket.org/gbatumbya/postgresql_external

• Steps to work with the repository

1- Follow the instructions to create the NexJ Express workspace .

2- After creating 'ws' directory,

open Eclipse and

click on File -> Import -> Mercurial -> Clone Existing Mercurial Repository

Enter this information:

URL: https://bitbucket.org/gbatumbya/postgresql_external

Resources

• Downloads

Linux binaries http://www.openscg.org/se/postgresql/packages.jsp

• Debugging

Unit Testing for non Default SQL Adapter

• Intro

Concept of Adapter [1]

FOSSLC PostgreSQL

• Java
• Database & Persistence
• JDBC
• PostgreSQL Specifications
• MySQL Specifications
• Postgre - MySQL Compare

Summary of Applied Research

• Research Findings - PostgreSQLAdapter
• Research Notes - PostgreSQLAdapter