Database Specifications

Call the next.jdbc/get-datasource function with a database specification or a JDBC URL string

A database specification is a hash map describing the database you wish to connect to. TODO: examples of database specifications

A "database spec" is a Clojure map that specifies how to access the data source. Specify the database type, the database name, and the username and password.

(def db-spec
  {:dbtype "mysql"
   :dbname "db-name"
   :user "user-account"
   :password "secret"})

use aero to use a different database specification based on the environment being run (dev, test, prod, etc.)

next.jdbc also works with connection pooling libraries which can be used to construct a datasource from. Examples include HikariCP or c3p0