Configuring embedded H2 users for distribution

Question

I am trying to use H2 (embedded mode) to package in a ZIP file (which also contains my Java app JAR). When the user runs the JAR, it will use the H2 database that "shipped" with the ZIP file.

How do I configure a username and password for the H2 database that can be used by my JAR for accessing data? For instance, I might want to create a username called myapp with a password of 12345 and supply that to my app's JDBC connection string.

But in order for JDBC to authenticate my app against the H2 DB, I first need to set up the myapp user in the first place. How do I do this? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If you try to connect to a database that does not exist, it is created. See http://www.h2database.com/html/tutorial.html#creating_new_databases

The juicy bit:

The user that created the database automatically becomes the administrator of this database.