How to make a Custom Deployer to write data to MS SQL database?

Question

I've added a custom module in the default processor in config/cd_deployer_conf.xml:

<Processor Action="Deploy" Class="com.tridion.deployer.Processor">
            ...
            <Module Type="MyCustomModuleDeploy" Class="com.tridion.new.extensions.MyCustomModule">
            </Module>
</Processor>

The code for the module looks something like this:

public class MyCustomModule extends com.tridion.deployer.modules.PageDeploy {

     static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("customDeployerFirst");

    public MyCustomModule(Configuration config, Processor processor)
            throws ConfigurationException {
        super(config, processor);
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    public void processPage(Page page, File pageFile) throws ProcessingException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Date d = new Date();
        log.info("WORKING");
        log.info("Page ID: " + page.getId().toString());
        log.info("Publication date: "+ d.toString());
    }

}

In my log file I get the info I wanted, every time a page is published.

What I want to do next is to write the page ID and publication date to my Microsoft SQL database, in a table I previously created. How can I do that? How can I access the database table from MyCustomModule?

Thanks

Answer 1

Ok, so what I did here to solve my problem is exactly what Quirijn suggested. Used the JDBC driver to connect to my database and then executed an sql update query:

int sqlStatement = st.executeUpdate("insert into Pages values ('" + page.getId().toString()+ "', '" + ... + "')");

This way each time a Page is published some data will be written to my database.

Answer 2

Not sure of your requirement, but you already chose the deployer extension model vs storage extensions. With storage extensions, Tridion will provide a model on how you can extend storages (like JPAFramework and Base DAOEntities that you can extend). If you are going the deployer extension route, as Quirin and Nuno mentioned it is like writing a standard JDBC code like any other app.

But, I would suggest you also look at storage extension model and see if it fits your requirement. A very good starting point is to look at the below article: http://www.sdltridionworld.com/articles/sdltridion2011/tutorials/extending-content-delivery-storage-sdltridion-2011-1.aspx