Spring Batch Framework - Auto create Batch Table

Question

I just created a batch job using Spring Batch framework, but I don't have Database privileges to run CREATE SQL. When I try to run the batch job I hit the error while the framework tried to create TABLE_BATCH_INSTANCE. I try to disable the

<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource" enabled="false">    
 ...
</jdbc:initialize-database>

But after I tried I still hit the error

org.springframework.jdbc.BadSqlGrammarException: PreparedStatementCallback; bad SQL grammar [SELECT JOB_INSTANCE_ID, JOB_NAME from BATCH_JOB_INSTANCE where JOB_NAME = ? and JOB_KEY = ?]; nested exception is java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

Anyway can disable the SQL, I just want to test my reader writer and processor work properly.

Answer 1

With Spring Boot 2.0 you probably need this: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.0.0.M7/reference/htmlsingle/#howto-initialize-a-spring-batch-database

spring.batch.initialize-schema=always

By default it will only create the tables if you are using an embedded database.

Or

 spring.batch.initialize-schema=never

To permanently disable it.